Ti Lian Ker

郑联科Deputy Minister of Youth and SportsIn office
30 August 2021 – 24 November 2022MonarchAbdullahPrime MinisterIsmail Sabri YaakobMinisterAhmad Faizal AzumuPreceded byWan Ahmad Fayhsal Wan Ahmad KamalSucceeded byAdam AdliConstituencySenatorDeputy Minister of National UnityIn office
5 May 2020 – 16 August 2021MonarchAbdullahPrime MinisterMuhyiddin YassinMinisterHalimah Mohamed SadiquePreceded byMohamed Farid Md Rafik
(Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Department (National Unity and Social Wellbeing))Succeeded byWan Ahmad Fayhsal Wan Ahmad KamalConstituencySenatorVice President of the
Malaysian Chinese AssociationIn office
4 November 2018 – 24 September 2023PresidentWee Ka SiongPreceded byHou Kok ChungSucceeded byWee Jeck SengSenator
Appointed by the Yang di-Pertuan AgongAssumed office
10 August 2018MonarchsMuhammad V
(2018–2019)
Abdullah
(2019–2024)
Ibrahim Iskandar
(31 January–9 August 2024)Prime MinisterMahathir Mohamad
(2018–2020)
Muhyiddin Yassin
(2020–2021)
Ismail Sabri Yaakob
(2021–2022)
Anwar Ibrahim
(2022–2024)Member of the Pahang State Legislative Assembly
for TeruntumIn office
21 March 2004 – 8 March 2008Preceded byKan Tong Leong
(BN–MCA)Succeeded byChang Hong Seong
(BN–MCA)Majority8,362 (2004)Member of the Pahang State Legislative Assembly
for Indera MahkotaIn office
25 April 1995 – 21 March 2004Majority3,575 (1995)
6,617 (1999) Personal detailsBorn (1962-10-25) 25 October 1962 (age 61)
Raub, Pahang, MalaysiaCitizenshipMalaysianPolitical partyMalaysian Chinese Association (MCA)Other political
affiliationsBarisan Nasional (BN)OccupationPolitician

Ti Lian Ker (Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tīnn Liân-kho; born 25 October 1962) is a Malaysian politician who has served as Senator since August 2018. He served as the Deputy Minister of Youth and Sports in the Barisan Nasional (BN) administration under former Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob and former Minister Ahmad Faizal Azumu from August 2021 to the collapse of the BN administration in November 2022 and Deputy Minister of National Unity in the Perikatan Nasional (PN) administration under Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin and former Minister Halimah Mohamed Sadique from May 2020 to the collapse of the PN administration in August 2021 as well as Member of the Pahang State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Teruntum from March 2004 to March 2008 and for Indera Mahkota from April 1995 to March 2004. He is a member and Division Chief of Kuantan of the Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA), a component party of the BN coalition. He also served as the Vice President of MCA since November 2018 to September 2023.

Controversy

On 22 September 2022, Ti Lian Ker asked Malaysians to be forgiving to the health condition of incarcerated former prime minister Najib Razak.^[1] PKR deputy information chief Chua Wei Kiat reminded him not to feed ‘perverse idea’ to the rakyat.^[2] DAP chairman Lim Guan Eng challenged MCA to prove its allegations that disgraced Najib Razak is suffering from torture behind bars at the Kajang Prison.^[3]

Najib was convicted of stealing RM42 million from former 1MDB subsidiary SRC International Sdn Bhd and sent to prison on August 23 to serve a 12-year jail sentence. He was also fined RM210 million and will have to serve another five years if he does not pay the amount.^[4]

Election results

Pahang State Legislative Assembly^[5]

Year	Constituency	Candidate		Votes	Pct	Opponent(s)		Votes	Pct	Ballots cast	Majority	Turnout
1995	N14 Indera Mahkota		Ti Lian Ker (MCA)	10,937	66.72%		Abdul Aziz Othman (S46)	4,320	26.35%	16,393	6,617	73.35%
1999			Ti Lian Ker (MCA)	10,439	57.67%		Razali Alias (KeADILan)	6,864	37.92%	18,100	3,575	75.70%
2004	N14 Teruntum		Ti Lian Ker (MCA)	12,000	74.31%		Pang Jon Kong (PKR)	3,638	22.53%	16,149	8,362	71.04%

Honours

•  Malaysia :
  • Companion of the Order of the Defender of the Realm (JMN) (2010)
•  Pahang :
  • Knight Companion of the Order of the Crown of Pahang (DIMP) – Dato' (2004)
  • Knight Companion of the Order of Sultan Ahmad Shah of Pahang (DSAP) – Dato' (2010)^[6]
  • Grand Knight of the Order of Sultan Ahmad Shah of Pahang (SSAP) – Dato' Sri (2014)

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