Neo Yee Pan

Neo Yee Pan (1938 – 5 March 2020) was a Malaysian politician, former Member of Parliament representing Muar (1974–1983) former Secretary General (1975–1979) and acting President of the MCA in Malaysia (1983–1984).[1] He served as Housing and Local Government Minister, as well as a number of other Deputy roles in government. During his brief tenure as Acting MCA President, Pan and his associates used their power to expel several leading party members who had questioned the official party membership numbers, resulting in a leadership crises that ended when one of the expelled leaders, Tan Koon Swan, was formally elected as the new president of the party.[2][1]

Acting Presidency and Membership Crisis

On March 25, MCA President Lee San Choon announced his resignation and on May 1 formally left the office and Malay politics. Pan became the acting president. A crisis in the leadership stemmed from allegations of membership inflation within the party. Several party leaders moved for an invetigation into the matter. On March 19, 1983, Pan and his deputy Mak Hon Kam dismissed several committee chairman and members, as well as party leaders at varying levels, including Vice President Tan Koon Swan.[3] The expelled members were reinstated at an extraordinary general party meeting in May 1983. The following year, May 1984, Tan Koon Swan was elected to the MCA presidency, ending Pan's tenure.[4]

References
  1. "Datuk Dr. Neo Yee Pan (Acting President March 1983 – November 1985)" (PDF). MCA.org.my. 2016-03-11. Retrieved 2022-04-04.
  2. "MCA pays tribute to the late Dr Neo Yee Pan". The Star. Retrieved 2022-04-04.
  3. "The Malaysian Chinese Association has expelled 14 leading members including vice president, Tan Koon Swan". The Wall Street Journal Asia. 29 March 1984. pp. 1, 3.
  4. "Mr Tan Koon Swan was yesterday elected president of the Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA) by a landslide". The Wall Street Journal Asia. 25 November 1985. p. 16.


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