{"id":8606,"date":"2011-06-13T15:39:19","date_gmt":"2011-06-13T07:39:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/teresakok.com\/?p=8606"},"modified":"2011-06-13T15:46:23","modified_gmt":"2011-06-13T07:46:23","slug":"8606","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/teresakok.my\/?p=8606","title":{"rendered":"A Special Memorial for Chian Heng Kai (1940 &#8211; 2011)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"A Tribute To Sdr Datuk Chian Heng Kai(1940~2011)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7NgYJBhCfeA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/teresakok.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/chian.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8607\" src=\"http:\/\/teresakok.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/chian.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"435\" height=\"290\" srcset=\"https:\/\/teresakok.my\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/chian.jpg 864w, https:\/\/teresakok.my\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/chian-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 435px) 100vw, 435px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sdr Datuk Chian Heng Kai, DAP former  National Vice Chairman, Member of Parliament for Bukit Mertajam and Batu  Gajah passed away in Muar on 16 May 2011 after a long struggle with  liver cancer.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\nSdr Datuk Chian joined the DAP in 1967, one year after  the DAP was formally registered. He worked as a translator for the DAP  National HQ in 1968, and later join the editorial team for the party  organ, The Rocket. Throught his 27 years of political activism until  1998, Sdr Datuk Chian held the post of DAP National Vice Chairman,  National Organising Secretary, National Publicity Secretary and Chairman  of Disciplinary Committee.<\/p>\n<p>In 1974 Sdr Datuk Chian was elected  as member of parliament for Batu Gajah. Two years later, together with  another party stalwart, Sdr. Chan Kok Kit, Sdr Datuk Chian was detained  under the Internal Security Act on Nov. 3, 1976 for standing steadfast  for the right of Malaysians to their mother-toungue education. They were  held in detention for 4 years and 9 months before regaining their  freedom.<\/p>\n<p>Sdr Datuk Chian and Sdr Kok Kit contested in the 1978  general election while under ISA etention and won the parliamentary  seats of Batu Gajah and Sungai Besi respectively. Their commitment to  defend the constitutional position of mother-tongue education in  general, and Chinese education, in particular were strongly supported by  their constituents. Sdr Datuk Chian later moved from Perak to Penang  and was elected member of Parliament for Bukit Mertajam in 1986 and  1990.<\/p>\n<p>He received the DSPN award from the Penang Yang Di Pertua  Negeri in July 2008 which gvae him the title &#8220;Datuk&#8221;. He was the first  DAP veteran to received such honour.<\/p>\n<p>Sdr Datuk Chian is survive by his wife, Sdr Tan Chui Swee (DAP Wanita first National Chairperson) and three children.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sdr Datuk Chian Heng Kai, DAP former National Vice Chairman, Member of Parliament for Bukit Mertajam and Batu Gajah passed away in Muar on 16 May 2011 after a long struggle with liver cancer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1112,"featured_media":8607,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8606","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dap"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>A Special Memorial for Chian Heng Kai (1940 - 2011) - TERESAKOK<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/teresakok.my\/?p=8606\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"A Special Memorial for Chian Heng Kai (1940 - 2011) - TERESAKOK\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Sdr Datuk Chian Heng Kai, DAP former National Vice Chairman, Member of Parliament for Bukit Mertajam and Batu Gajah passed away in Muar on 16 May 2011 after a long struggle with liver cancer.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/teresakok.my\/?p=8606\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TERESAKOK\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2011-06-13T07:39:19+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2011-06-13T07:46:23+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/teresakok.my\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/chian.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"864\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"576\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"-ec-\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"-ec-\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/teresakok.my\\\/?p=8606#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/teresakok.my\\\/?p=8606\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"-ec-\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/teresakok.my\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/9a0e5400704acb3cd575c3d725237737\"},\"headline\":\"A Special Memorial for Chian Heng Kai (1940 &#8211; 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