Khoo Poay Tiong (Chinese: 邱培栋; pinyin: Qiū Péidòng; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Khu Pôe-tòng; born 13 December 1970)[1] is a Malaysian politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Kota Melaka since May 2018.
Khoo Poay Tiong graduated with Bachelor of Arts (Honours) Economics from University of Malaya.
He was first elected as a State Assemblyman for Ayer Keroh, by successfully crushing a long held stronghold of Barisan Nasional of Ayer Keroh state seat by beating Chiew Hong Lan in the 12th General Election.
In the 2018 general election, he won Kota Melaka federal seat and was elected to Parliament as the Kota Melaka MP for the first term after defeating Choo Wei Sern of Barisan Nasional (BN) and independent candidate Goh Leong San by a majority of 49,175 votes.
[5][6] In the 2022 general election, Khoo defended the Kota Melaka seat and was reelected to the Parliament as the Kota Melaka MP for the second term after defeating Suhaime Borhan of Perikatan Nasional (PN), Kon Qi Yao of BN and independent candidate Norazlanshah Hazali by a majority of 46,420 votes.