as state opposition leader in October 2013. Goh himself was ousted as the state DAP chief on 14 December 2015 by the newly-elected state committee that had selected Tey Kok Kiew instead. On 12 February 2017, Goh along with Sim, MP for Kota Melaka and two other Malacca state assemblymen namely Lim Jack Wong of Bachang, and Chin Choong Seong of Kesidang finally decided and announced their resignation from the DAP to be Independents, citing lack of trust in the party leadership. They later had formed an independent candidates bloc called 'Justice League' to contest in the 2018 election (GE14) using the key as their common symbol but all had lost. In the elections, Goh contested as independent candidate the parliamentary constituency of Kota Melaka and state constituency of Bandar Hilir concurrently but had lost both constituencies. Hence, even though Goh never get to be a MP of Dewan Rakyat, he had become a five-term assemblyman of various state seats from 2004 until 2018. Controversies On 17 September 2015, Dr. Wong Fort Pin, the Bukit Palah DAP branch chairman who is also a doctor then, successfully sued Goh with Sim for defamation because of libelous media statements they have issued to implicate him in outraging the modesty of his patients and also accused his sibling of being involved in illegal activities. He won RM300,000 in damages. Personal life Goh is married and a father of three children. Election results References Living people 1967 births People from Malacca Malaysian politicians of Chinese descent Independent politicians in Malaysia Democratic Action Party (Malaysia) politicians Leaders of the Opposition in the Malacca State Legislative Assembly Members of the Malacca State Legislative Assembly 21st-century Malaysian politicians