Choong Shiau Yoon

Steven Choong Shiau Yoon (born 7 December 1957) is a Malaysian politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Tebrau from May 2018 to November 2022. He is a member of the Parti Bangsa Malaysia (PBM) and was a member of the People's Justice Party (PKR), a component party of the Pakatan Harapan (PH) and formerly Pakatan Rakyat (PR) coalitions. He has served as the Deputy President of PBM since February 2023. He served as the Senior Vice President I of PBM from January 2022 to his promotion to the party deputy presidency in February 2023. He also served as the Division Chief of PKR of Tebrau from 2014 to his resignation from the party in February 2021 and the Division Chief of PKR of Ayer Hitam from 2012 to 2013 as well as the Deputy Secretary-General of PKR from 2011 to 2014. During the 2020–2022 Malaysian political crisis and in February 2021, Choong resigned from PKR and became an independent MP supporting Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin and the Perikatan Nasional (PN) coalition along with Julau MP Larry Sng Wei Shien.

Early life and education
Choong was born on 7 December 1957 at Beruas, Perak. He went to Sekolah Menengah Teknik, Ipoh. He graduated with a Master's Degree in Business Finance at Brunel University London.

Background
Choong has a vast experience as an accountant, auditor, tax agent and business consultant career. He is a Partner at CSY & Associates PLT beside Managing Director and CEO at CSY Tax Services Sdn. Bhd. He also serves as a Senior Independent Non-Executive Director on the board of Country View Bhd since 27 March 2002. He is also the Chairman for Malaysian Institute of Accountants, Chartered Member at Institute of Internal Auditors Malaysia and Member of Association of Chartered Certified Accountants.

Politics career
Choong chose to participate in politics by joining People's Justice Party (PKR) at the age of 50 in 2007. He has been the Division Chairman of both Tebrau and Ayer Hitam and Deputy Secretary-General of PKR. He made his debut contesting the Tebrau parliamentary seat in the 2013 elections but had lost by 1,767 votes to the Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA) candidate. In the 2018 elections, he contested Tebrau under the People's Justice Party banner again in a three-cornered fight and this time won by defeating candidates from the MCA and the Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS).

On 28 February 2021, he was sacked from PKR to be an independent MP friendly to Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin's ruling Perikatan Nasional (PN) coalition together with Larry Sng. The two MPs announced formation of Parti Bangsa Malaysia (PBM) on 19 November 2021.