Liew Chin Tong

Yang Berhomat Liew Chin Tong is a Malaysian politician and is currently the member of the Parliament of Malaysia for the Bukit Bendera constituency in Penang, Malaysia. He is a member of the Democratic Action Party (DAP) and is a shadow Minister for Defence in the Pakatan Rakyat opposition coalition.

Liew was elected to the Malaysian Parliament in the 2008 election.^[1] A political strategist prior to his election, Liew has been credited for masterminding Pakatan Rakyat's takeover of the Penang State Assembly.^[2]

Books

• Liew Chin Tong (2009), Speaking for the reformasi generation Kuala Lumpur: Research for Social Advancement (REFSA)

Journals

• Liew Chin Tong and Francis Hutchison (2010), “Implementing Pro-Employment Policies at the Sub-national Level” in Ooi Kee Beng and Goh Ban Lee (eds) Pilot Studies for a New Penang, Penang: Socio-Economic and Environmental Research Institute (SERI), pp.111-128.

• Liew Chin Tong (2007), “PAS’ Leadership: New Faces and Old Constraints” in Lorraine C. Salazar and Daljit Singh (eds) Southeast Asian Affairs 2007, Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, pp.201-213

• Liew Chin Tong (2007), “PAS politics: defining an Islamic State” in Edmund Terence Gomez Politics in Malaysia: the Malay dimension Oxon: Routledge, pp.107-137.

• William F. Case and Liew Chin Tong (2006) How Committed Is PAS to Democracy and How Do We Know It? Contemporary Southeast Asia: A Journal of International and Strategic Affairs, Volume 28, Number 3, December 2006, pp. 385-406

中文评论集

• 《小市民的政治经济学》（2011）吉隆坡：众意出版

• 《华教运动，动或不动》（2011）吉隆坡：新纪元学院校友会

• 《亮剑—踢爆马来政治》（2007）吉隆坡：义腾研究中心

Election results

References

1. ^ "Malaysia Decides 2008". The Star (Malaysia). http://thestar.com.my/election/. Retrieved 31 December 2009. 
2. ^ Tan, Joceline (10 March 2008). "The swing that caught everyone by surprise". The Star (Malaysia). http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2008/3/10/election2008/20594789&sec=Election2008. Retrieved 31 December 2009.