Political Involvement
In 1999, Tian Chua was invited to join the newly founded Parti Keadilan Nasional headed by Dr Wan Azizah. He was then elected the national vice president. In 2004, KeADILan merged with Parti Rakyat Malaysia and formed Parti Keadilan Rakyat. Tian was appointed the Information Chief, a post held until today.
He has manned the Parti Keadilan Rakyat service centre in the heart of Sentul since it was opened in 2004.
In the 2008 general elections, Tian Chua contested in the Batu parliamentary constituency in Kuala Lumpur and won, defeating Barisan Nasional's Lim Si Pin with a 9,455 majority.
Areas that come under his Batu constituency include Sentul. The constituency has the most Projek Perumahan Rakyat (PPR) public housing apartments and one of the highest rates of petty crime in the city.
Now that he is a lawmaker himself, Tian Chua has pledged not to change his ways:
| “ | I'm not changing my approach. My responsibility is to voice out and if there is something that needs me to, I will do it. | ” |
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