Candidate · N28 Komtar (2023)
Overall due diligence
High complexity
Enhanced due diligence required
State-level PEP with no corporate, financial, regulatory or litigation records on file, leaving most due-diligence checks open and warranting enhanced due diligence.
Electoral resilience
High
Won three consecutive state terms in N28 Komtar (2013, 2018, 2023), each with large majorities of 8,114, 8,363 and 7,844 votes respectively, after losing his 2004 debut.
Political continuity
Stable
Continuous DAP candidacy across all four recorded elections, contesting under Pakatan Rakyat in 2013 and Pakatan Harapan in 2018 and 2023.
Integrity signal
Open
Records contain no allegations, charges, convictions or regulatory findings; absence of records is not evidence of a clean record.
Financial / corporate
Open
No company-registry, asset, credit or financial-disclosure records are available in the dossier; corporate/GLC exposure is unverified.
How much due-diligence attention each area needs — not a finding of wrongdoing.
Holds a Penang State Assembly seat (N28 Komtar), a defined elected public office.
The records establish only that Teh Lai Heng has been the elected Penang State Assemblyman for N28 Komtar under DAP/PH since 2013, winning three consecutive terms with large majorities after losing his 2004 debut. No corporate, financial, regulatory, criminal, network or media records are available in the dossier, leaving the great majority of standard due-diligence checks open. Voters should treat this brief as a baseline electoral profile and commission the additional verification steps listed before drawing conclusions on integrity or fitness for office.
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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.
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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.
Established statewide electoral base and DAP/PH ticket in three consecutive elections; substantive network map is not in records.
No tender, contract or government-procurement records are available.
No SSM, GLC or foundation role has been documented in the records.
No civil or criminal court records are on file.
No MACC, police or regulatory-agency findings appear in the records.
No asset-declaration, income or financial-disclosure records are on file.
No media-monitoring, reputation or controversy records are in the dossier.
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Contested 4 elections, won 3.
| Election | Seat | Ticket | Votes | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulau Pinang state election 2023 | N28 Komtar | DAP · PH | 9,279 86.6% | Won by 7,844 |
| Pulau Pinang state election 2018 | N28 Komtar | DAP · PH | 10,113 84.6% | Won by 8,363 |
| Pulau Pinang state election 2013 | N28 Komtar | DAP · PR | 10,669 80.5% | Won by 8,114 |
| Pulau Pinang state election 2004 | N28 Komtar | DAP | 4,732 38.0% | 2nd of 2 |
Official gazetted results via the Malaysian Election Corpus (grade A record).
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