From political blogger to state rep


Wong (centre) getting congratulatory kisses from her father Wong Fook Keong and mother Chin Kooi Seng after winning the Balakong by-election. — filepic Wong jogging with Deputy International Trade and Industry Minister Ong Kian Ming at Lake Valley, Bandar Tun Hussein Onn, during the campaigning period for the by-election. — filepic

BEFORE becoming a politician, Balakong assemblyman Wong Siew Ki was a blogger writing on politics and current issues.

The Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM)graduate, who is currently pursuing a Master’s in Chinese Language Studies, later decided to put her words into moving pictures when she made her first documentary.

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