Teng Boon Soon

Teng Boon Soon (simplified Chinese: 邓文村; traditional Chinese: 鄧文村; born 30 August 1941) is a Malaysian politician who served as the Deputy Minister of National Unity, Arts, Culture and Heritage in the Barisan Nasional (BN) administration under former Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi and former Minister Shafie Apdal from March 2008 to April 2009 and Member of Parliament (MP) Tebrau from March 2004 to May 2013.

He is a member of the Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA), a component party of the BN coalition.

He is the uncle of Teng Chang Khim, former Senior Member of the Selangor State Executive Council (EXCO) of the Democratic Action Party (DAP) and his younger brother Teng Chang Yeow, former Member of the Penang State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Padang Kota formerly of the Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia (GERAKAN).

[4] His ministerial post came under threat in November 2008 after he was defeated for a position on the MCA's Central Committee,[5] and he was subsequently left out of the ministry named by incoming Prime Minister Najib Razak in April 2009.

[6] His parliamentary career was also ended in 2013, when Khoo Soo Seang replaced him as the MCA's candidate and won the Tebrau seat in the 2013 general election.