Jeff Ooi
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Yang Berhormat Tuan Jeff Ooi MP |
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| 黄泉安 | |
| Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Jelutong |
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Assumed office 8 March 2008 |
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| Preceded by | Lee Kah Choon (BN) |
| Majority | 16,246 |
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| Born |
Ooi Chuan Aun 2 November 1955 Kedah, Federation of Malaya (now Malaysia) |
| Citizenship | Malaysian |
| Political party | DAP – Pakatan Rakyat |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Religion | Buddhism |
| Website | www |
Ooi Chuan Aun (simplified Chinese: 黄泉安; traditional Chinese: 黃泉安; pinyin: Huáng Quán Ān; born 2 November 1955), better known as Jeff Ooi, is a Malaysian IT consultant by profession, an ex-blogger, photographer and politician. He is currently the Member of Parliament for Jelutong in the 13th Malaysian Parliament.
He is from a small town in the northern Malaysian state of Kedah. He was brought up among rural teenagers and is trilingual, being fluent in Mandarin, English and Malay.
Jeff Ooi used to write a blog known as "Screenshots..." which he started on 2 January 2003. It covers current issues relating to Malaysia, mainly on politics. From time to time, it also touches on international news and photography.
Jeff Ooi's blog has been dubbed "Malaysia's Most Influential Blog" by Malaysiakini, a local online news publication known for its difference in stance with the mainstream media. In 2005, Screenshots won the Asia category of the Freedom Blogs Awards given by Reporters Without Borders.
Jeff Ooi also administrates a photography forum called Lensa Malaysia, which receives 200,000-page views per month. He is also the founder and administrator of USJ and Subang Jaya's own community forum usj.com.my, and was hired by CNET Asia as a tech blogger alongside other CNET Asia bloggers. He named his CNET Asia blog Lemak Lemang, a reference to coconut-flavoured sticky rice stuffed in a bamboo container traditionally prepared by Malays.
In 2006, it was reported by The Star, a local English language daily, that Ooi was among several local bloggers being wooed by the opposition Democratic Action Party (DAP) to run for public office. Ooi, who was at the time a member of Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia (Malaysian People's Movement), a major party in the ruling Barisan Nasional coalition government, stated that "it's too premature at this point" for him to consider entering active politics.
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