Tian Chua
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Yang Berhormat Tuan Chua Tian Chang MP |
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| 蔡添强 | |
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| Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Batu, Kuala Lumpur |
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Assumed office 8 March 2008 |
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| Preceded by | Ng Lip Yong |
| Majority | 9,455 |
| Vice-President of People's Justice Party | |
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Assumed office 2008 |
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| Information Chief People's Justice Party | |
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In office 2004–2008 |
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| Succeeded by | Muhammad Nur Manuty |
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21 December 1963 Malacca, Malaysia |
| Political party | PKR – Pakatan Rakyat |
| Alma mater |
Sydney University University of New South Wales |
| Occupation | Politician |
Chua Tian Chang, better known as Tian Chua (simplified Chinese: 蔡添强; traditional Chinese: 蔡添強; pinyin: Cài Tiān Qiáng; born 21 December 1963), is a Malaysian politician and is currently the Member of Parliament for the Batu constituency in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. He is vice-president of Parti Keadilan Rakyat, an opposition party in the Parliament of Malaysia. He formerly served as information chief of the party.
Tian Chua first burst into the limelight in 1999 when images of him sitting defiantly in front of a police water cannon truck were splashed across the global media during the height of the Reformasi movement in Malaysia due to the sacking of Anwar Ibrahim as Deputy Prime Minister.
Between 27 and 30 September 1999, Tian Chua and six other activists, including Keadilan leaders; Youth leader Mohd Ezam Mohd Nor, Mohamed Azmin Ali and Dr Badrul Amin Baharun; were arrested and as a result prevented from contesting in the 1999 general elections. Further arrests were made on 10 April 2001 and those arrested were subsequently charged and incarcerated under the Internal Security Act. They became known as the Reformasi 10.
In the 2008 general elections, Tian Chua contested in the Batu parliamentary constituency in Kuala Lumpur and won, defeating Barisan Nasional's Lim Si Pin (son of former national president of Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia Lim Keng Yaik) with a 9,455 majority.
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