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Lim Guan Eng was unable to contest the 2004 general election due to specific legal requirements not being met at nomination time. In the recent 12th Malaysian general elections, Lim made a political comeback and led the DAP to a clean sweep of all 19 Penang state seats it contested. Lim was subsequently appointed as the Chief Minister of the State of Penang.
Other prominent members include ex-party member Tan Sri Lee Lam Thye, who was previously a four-term MP for Bukit Bintang until 1990., and Wan Hamidi Hamid, a news journalist who is currently a columnist with the online news website The Malaysian Insider.
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