Ipoh, May 1 – Teluk Intan Member of Parliament Seah Leong Peng died of cancer at the Universiti Malaya Medical Centre at 7.30 am today, said DAP Deputy Secretary Datuk Ngeh Koo Ham.
Meanwhile Ipoh Timur Member of Parliament Thomas Su said Seah was found to be suffering from cancer last February. “Since then, his condition worsened and he received treatement in Kuala Lumpur,” he said when contacted here today.
He said Seah’s remains was expected to arrive at his residence in Teluk Intan this afternoon.
In the last general election, Seah defeated Barisan Nasional (BN) candidate Datuk Mah Siew Keong and Independent K. Moralingam with 7,313 majority-vote.
The late Seah was also Pasir Bedamar state assemblyman for three terms since 1999.
— BERNAMA