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Paul Yong Choo Kiong (born 23 September 1970), is a Malaysian politician. He is an Elected Member of Perak State Legislative Assembly (DUN) for the seat of Tronoh, thus making him a Perak State Legislative Assemblyman. Yong is a member of the Democratic Action Party (DAP) in the Pakatan Harapan (PH) ruling coalition. With his win in the 2018 Malaysian General Election, he was appointed an EXCO member serving the Pakatan Harapan state government of Perak under MB Ahmad Faizal Azumu.

Personal life
Paul Yong Choo Kiong was born in Sitiawan, Perak, Malaysia, His family were settlers of New Village Program introduced during the British rule of Malaya.

Education and professional career
Yong received his education from SJKC Pei Min Ayer Tawar, and subsequently from SMK Ambrose, Ayer Tawar as well as Nan Hua High School of Ayer Tawar. He also obtained a Masters in Business Administration from a correspondence University name Akamai, although pronounced by opposition politician Wee Ka Siong that the degree obtained by Yong is a part of a degree mill.

Political career
Entering politics in 2004, Yong quickly became the Political Secretary to Ngeh Koo Ham in the Sitiawan Branch of DAP Yong stood as the State Assemblyman candidate in the 2008 Malaysian General Election and won in the ADUN seat of N33 Tronoh in the state of Perak. As the incumbent, Yong stood again in the same seat in the 2018 Malaysian General Election beating his closest rival from MCA Yuen Chan How by a majority of 10,501 votes.

Accused of rape
Allegations first arose around early July and despite having police investigations returned, the it was resubmitted to the Attorney General Chambers for charges, resulting in Yong being charged in the the Ipoh Sessions Court for rape of his househelper. It then emerged that there was 'third party' invlovment and Ngeh Koo Ham publicly saying that he had met the person who was paid to make the police report along with the househelper. Despite an officlal request from the legal defense team to expedite the case and have it transferred to the high court for a faster hearing, the high court denied the transfer, requesting it be heard in the sessions court instead. The victim was kept under the witness protection act at the Indonesian Embassy of Kuala Lumpur, and despite pleas from the mother of the victim, was denied visitation rights

Third Party Involvement
Yong opted to go on leave when pressure was stepped up calling for him to take leave-of-absence despite earlier rejecting the advise of the Menteri Besar Although he did proceed with the leave-of-absence, Yong returned to duty at the Perak State Legislative Assembly seating between November 16-22. It was then alleged that Perak DAP Chairman Nga Kor Min g was overheard in a recording chiding Yong for his initiative to return to work, further compounding the rumour that 'black hands' were behind the accusation. Allegations emerged during Yong's appearance in court when a few hundred of his supporters emerged to call for the resignation of Nga.

Urges of calm and support
Despite his defense claim and emergence of third party involvement, Yong released a press statement urging his supporters to continue their support of the party and its leaders. Other developments relating to this include the earlier resignation of Malim Nawa r ADUN Leong Cheok Keng and Pokok Assam ADUN Leow Thye Yih in protest to Nga's statement of Party's decision on Yong's fate rather than the Party's state committee. However both then relented and returned to the state committee on Yong's continued appeal. Both were then denied reinstatement with Nga publicly rebutting 'members who fail to toe party's line'