his deposit forfeited in the election. On 17 September 2015, a doctor from Malacca who is also the Bukit Palah DAP branch chairman, Dr Wong Fort Pin, successfully sued Sim and Goh for defamation and won RM300,000 in damages. Both Sim and Goh party membership was suspended for one-year suspension on 16 February 2016, reportedly for disparaging the party. On 12 February 2017, Sim, along with three other DAP Malacca state assemblymen namely Goh (Duyong), Lim Jack Wong (Bachang) and Chin Choong Seong (Kesidang) announced their resignation from the party to be Independent, citing lack of trust in DAP leadership. They formed the 'Justice League' to contest in the 2018 general election (GE14) as independent candidates using the key as their common symbol. Sim contested the Kota Laksamana state seat whereas Goh will go for both parliamentary (Kota Malacca) and state seat (Kesidang). Lim and Chin will contest the Ayer Keroh and Bandar Hilir state seats respectively. In the GE14, Sim officially contested first time as independent candidate for the state seat of Kota Laksamana but lost. Election results Sim who surprisingly registered as an Independent candidate on nomination day but withdrew later to support DAP named candidate, still had his candidacy appeared on the EC voting ballot officially. Sim and three others MLA who had quit DAP Malacca earlier, had form the 'Justice League' informal Independent bloc and contested as Independent candidates using the key symbol. References External links 1948 births Living people People from Malacca Malaysian politicians of Chinese descent Independent politicians in Malaysia Democratic Action Party (Malaysia) politicians Members of the Dewan Rakyat Members of the Malacca State Legislative Assembly Leaders of the Opposition in the Malacca State Legislative Assembly 21st-century Malaysian politicians