the Skudai state seat located; in order to be contested and later won by its adviser and veteran Lim Kit Siang to be its new Member of Parliament (MP) instead. In 2018, Dr. Boo on the contrary turned down the party's plan to field him in the Labis parliamentary seat which is in Segamat district, Johor and subsequently he was also dropped as candidate to contest his existing Skudai state seat or any other seat in the GE14. Meanwhile DAP replacement candidate for the Labis seat, another former Johor DAP chairman Pang Hok Liong had instead successfully win the traditional Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA)-BN stronghold for the first time to be a newly elected MP. Amidst being disappointed, Dr. Boo apparently remains loyal to DAP despite his continuous criticism of the party's leadership and Kit Siang, the new MP for Iskandar Puteri (formerly Gelang Patah). In 2021, Dr. Boo had made critical and controversially remarks in a Johor DAP private WhatsApp group towards his party MP, Hannah Yeoh for Segambut actions for donning the headscarf or 'selendang' and her Malay attire when she was visiting a mosque in her constituency. In response, DAP secretary-general, Lim Guan Eng said Yeoh's attire was not wrong to respect other religions and their worship places in reprimanding and slamming Dr. Boo remarks which are not only gender-insensitive but also runs the risk of portraying DAP leaders as being just as intolerant and regressive as the "extremist" and "primitive" Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS) leaders. Dr. Boo remains to be adamant and polemical accused it as an "superficial political gimmicks" attempt to "appease a certain race", while he opined that DAP should be sincere and equal towards every race. Election results References External links 1964 births Living people People from Johor Bahru Malaysian people of Chinese descent Malaysian medical doctors Democratic Action Party (Malaysia) politicians Leaders of the Opposition in the Johor State Legislative Assembly Members of the Johor State Legislative Assembly Iowa State University alumni University of the West Indies alumni Alumni of the University of London 21st-century Malaysian politicians