Boo Cheng Hau


Boo Cheng Hau is a Malaysian politician of Democratic Action Party. He previously contested the Skudai state seat of Johor State Legislative Assembly on the DAP party ticket in the 1999 general election and the 2004 general election but had lost both the contests to the Barisan Nasional. In the 2008 general election, he contested the Skudai state seat again and won to be an assemblyman for Skudai constituency. He retained the seat in the following 2013 general election. He has been the opposition leader for representing Pakatan Rakyat in Johor State Legislative Assembly from 2008 till 2015.
Boo was dropped as candidate for Skudai state seat as he disagreed to accept party's plan and refused to move to contest the Labis, Johor parliamentary seat in the 2018 general election

Controversies and issues

On 25 October 2011, his clinic in Taman Universiti, Skudai, Johor Bahru, was broken into resulting with a loss of RM800. Deputy Johor CID chief, ACP Che Yusoff Che Ngah said the incident involved a clinic worker noticed about 8 am before the police received a report about an hour later. Dr Boo when interviewed, said the incident involved the first time since the clinic opened 13 years ago.
In February 2013, an open verbal conflict erupted between Johor DAP chairman Boo and Johor People's Justice Party chairman Chua Jui Meng, prompting calls from both DAP and PKR party heavyweights to weigh in for their party stalwarts. This as a result of accusations from either side accusing each other of splitting Pakatan Rakyat in the state of Johor. The conflict was resolved after talks and mediation by the central leadership of both parties. One of the sign of reconciliation between Chua and Johor DAP was demonstrated when Chua received unconditional support from the DAP chief in the Segamat constituency which he was chosen to contest at the 2013 election. The seat was traditionally contested by DAP.

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