ADUN SPEAKS | From being the youngest member to the senior-most, I have been in the Selangor state legislative assembly for 25 years. I was elected in the constituency of Bukit Gasing in 1995 and shifted to represent Bandar Klang in 1999.

The name of the constituency has been subsequently changed to Sungai Pinang and then to the present Bandar Baru Klang and I have continuously represented the people in the state assembly spanning a period of a quarter of a century as of today.

Going through the ups and downs of DAP, from its lowest ebb to the peak, I was the sole DAP elected representative in the Selangor state assembly in 1999 and now we have 16 - the highest number in the history of DAP.

I had been the opposition leader in the state assembly, the speaker, and now a state executive council member, experiencing 12 years as an opposition member and now my 13th year in government, setting an unprecedented record of a full cycle of an elected representative in the Selangor legislature in three different positions.

12 years in the opposition

During my tenure as an opposition member, I exposed the incident where the then-speaker of the House, in breach of a constitutional restriction, still held the chairmanship of a co-operative during his tenure. In 1997, I tabled a no-confidence motion against the Menteri Besar which led to his resignation announced on the first day of the state assembly meeting.

I exposed the scandal of the then-Menteri Besar approving RM5 million to renovate his official residence in the same year and then spending another RM77,000 for his hotel accommodation during the renovation in the following year...