Teng Chang Khim
KLANG: Four Selangor executive council members will not be defending their seats in the upcoming state elections.
Two of them would be stepping back from politics while two others had moved on to become MPs.
DAP’s Datuk Teng Chang Khim was finally calling it quits after a long and illustrious political career in Selangor.
He had served first as Speaker after the 2008 polls and then as senior exco member for two consecutive terms after the 2013 and 2018 elections.
Teng, who was 60 this year, was the Selangor investment, industry and commerce, and small and medium enterprises committee chairman.
A lawyer by profession, Teng, who joined the DAP more than three decades ago, had served as an elected representative for six terms, which totalled up to about 28 years of his political career.
Another exco member who was throwing in the towel was Amanah’s Dr Siti Mariah Mahmud, 65, a three-term elected representative who came into political limelight in 2008.
She served as the Kota Raja MP for two terms before contesting for the Seri Serdang state seat in the 2018 general election.
The medical doctor had helmed the public health, unity, women and family development portfolios in the Selangor executive council after the 2018 general election.
Although she had not openly said it, it was also believed that Batu Tiga incumbent assemblyman Rodziah Ismail would not be defending her seat as she was now the Ampang MP.
The 59-year-old, who held a degree in engineering, was the housing, urban well-being and entrepreneur development committee chairman.
Another Selangor exco member, V. Ganabathirau, would also not be defending his Kota Kemuning seat as he was now the Klang MP.
Ganabathirau was in charge of the socio-economic development, social welfare and workers empowerment portfolios.
