Candidate · N22 Tanjong Bunga (2013)
Current
No current role in the records collected so far.
Overall due diligence
Moderate
Enhanced due diligence required
Most due-diligence dimensions (integrity, corporate, financial, current role) are not covered by the records on file, requiring enhanced verification.
Electoral resilience
Medium
Three consecutive Bukit Bendera wins (1995, 1999, 2004) including a 10,717-vote majority in 2004, but lost the federal seat in 2008 and a Penang state seat in 2013.
Political continuity
Stable
Same party label (GERAKAN/BN) across all five recorded contests; no coalition switches in the records.
Integrity signal
Open
Records contain only election results; no allegations, charges, acquittals or convictions are documented, and integrity is not within the scope of these records.
Financial / corporate
Open
No company-registry, asset, credit or court-registry checks in the file; absence of records is not evidence of a clean record.
How much due-diligence attention each area needs — not a finding of wrongdoing.
Chia Kwang Chye has a clearly documented electoral record with GERAKAN/BN in Penang, winning the Bukit Bendera parliamentary seat three times (1995, 1999, 2004, with a 10,717-vote majority at peak) before losing in 2008 and again in the 2013 state contest for Tanjong Bunga. Beyond this electoral history, the records do not establish any current office, corporate role, network or integrity matter, so the bulk of the standard due-diligence dimensions remain open and require primary-source verification before any conclusions can be drawn.
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No biography collected yet.
Arrests, charges, convictions, sentences, acquittals and pardons as reported by credible sources. Each item is marked with its stage — a charge is not a conviction — and outcomes are listed where reported.
No legal history found in the sources collected so far.
Allegations and investigations as reported by credible outlets. An allegation is not a finding; read each with its stage and source.
No scandals or controversies found in the sources collected so far.
Records show only past electoral candidacies ending 2013; no current office documented.
No relationships, factional ties or endorsements are documented beyond party label.
No public-office, contract-award or procurement records in the file.
No SSM, directorship or GLC appointment records in the file.
No civil or criminal court records are in the file.
No MACC, immigration, regulatory or enforcement records on file.
No asset declarations, bankruptcy or financial disclosures are documented.
No media or reputational records beyond election reporting are on file.
Nothing collected yet.
Contested 5 elections, won 3.
| Election | Seat | Ticket | Votes | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulau Pinang state election 2013 | N22 Tanjong Bunga | GERAKAN · BN | 5,518 33.3% | 2nd of 3 |
| GE12 (2008) | P48 Bukit Bendera | GERAKAN · BN | 15,131 32.6% | 2nd of 2 |
| GE11 (2004) | P48 Bukit Bendera | GERAKAN · BN | 28,281 61.7% | Won by 10,717 |
| GE10 (1999) | P47 Bukit Bendera | GERAKAN · BN | 24,280 50.1% | Won by 104 |
| GE9 (1995) |
Official gazetted results via the Malaysian Election Corpus (grade A record).
Collected automatically from credible outlets and Wikipedia, then cross-checked: Verified items match the official record, Confirmed items were reported by two or more different outlets, and single-source items are one outlet’s report. Partisan and anonymous claims are never shown.
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| GERAKAN · BN |
| 26,683 52.9% |
| Won by 2,918 |