# Ronnie Liu Tian Khiew

Ronnie Liu Tian Khiew (Chinese: 劉天球; Jyutping: Lau4 Tin1 Kau4; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Lâu Thian-kiû; Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Liù Thiên-khiù; born 29 March 1958) is a Malaysian politician who served as Member of the Selangor State Executive Council (EXCO) in the Pakatan Rakyat (PR) state administration under former Menteri Besar Khalid Ibrahim from March 2008 to May 2013 as well as Member of the Selangor State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Sungai Pelek from May 2018 to August 2023 and Pandamaran from March 2008 to May 2013. He is an independent. He was a member, Member of the Central Executive Committee (CEC) and State Secretary of Selangor of the Democratic Action Party (DAP), a component party of the Pakatan Harapan (PH) and formerly PR coalitions. He is controversial for remarks on various political issues.

## Politics

He was a Member of the DAP Central Executive Committee and the International Secretary for DAP. On 9 October 2022, he had announced that he will quit DAP due to dissatisfaction of some of the party leaders, but after two days he had decided to continue to stay in the party for his constituents. On 23 June 2023 when he became the caretaker Sungai Pelek MLA following the dissolution of the assembly, he asked for the termination of his DAP party membership effective the next day on 24 June 2023 in a letter addressed to Secretary General of the party Anthony Loke after being with the party for 41 years since he was in secondary school in 1982. He gave the reason of having met a lot of "things that are beyond my expectations". Although leaving DAP, he carried on aligning himself with and supporting PH, Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim of PH and the Malaysia Madani concept introduced by the PH administration.

## Controversies
### Chin Peng as a Fighter for Independence

On 1 September 2005, in his blog in the official website of DAP, he had stated that Chin Peng, the leader of the Malayan Communist Party, is a Fighter of Independence for Malaya. This statement had offended many of the veteran soldiers, such as Kanang anak Langkau.

### Obstructing operation of Subang Jaya City Council

On 3 November 2007, police in Puchong had started an investigation on him as he had obstructed officers of the Subang Jaya City Council to stop immoral activities in a hotel in Bandar Puchong Jaya. Assistant Commissioner, Zainal Rashid Abu Bakar had said that he was given 5 warnings but he still refused to cooperate.

### Tee Boon Hock Incident

On 29 July 2010, The Star had exposed that Tee Boon Hock, a member of Klang Municipal Council had used official letters to enable his cronies and family members to get contracts from the government. On 12 August 2010, the Speaker of Selangor State Legislative Assembly, Teng Chang Khim and he were called to the DAP Disciplinary Committee as Tee had said that he was instructed by Ronnie.

### Removing BERSATU from PH

On 23 October 2019, he had criticised by-then Prime Minister of Malaysia, Mahathir Mohamed that he had a different ideology with Pakatan Harapan. He also asked for another general election so that Pakatan Harapan can form a better federal government without BERSATU. The members of BERSATU had denounced him and Mohd Rafiq Naizamohideen had asked DAP to reconsider the alliance between DAP and BERSATU. DAP had stated that this is just a personal statement by Ronnie and the Disciplinary Committee had summoned him for questioning.

### Insulting the King

On 21 October 2020, he had posted a picture of the 2020 Thai protest and captioned "They say no to the King". He deleted the post after someone had lodged a police report, but he still get investigated because of it.

## Election results

Parliament of Malaysia :
| Year | Constituency | Candidate | Votes | Pct | Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout |
| 1999 | P094 Petaling Jaya Utara | Ronnie Liu Tian Khiew (DAP) | 23,122 | 46.26% | Chew Mei Fun (MCA) | 25,603 | 51.23% | 49,981 | 2,481 | 70.76% |
| 1999 | P094 Petaling Jaya Utara | Ronnie Liu Tian Khiew (DAP) | 23,122 | 46.26% | Wee Chek Aik (MDP) | 706 | 1.41% | 49,981 | 2,481 | 70.76% |
| 2004 | P106 Petaling Jaya Utara | Ronnie Liu Tian Khiew (DAP) | 19,739 | 37.63% | Chew Mei Fun (MCA) | 32,422 | 61.80% | 52,460 | 13,043 | 69.09% |
Selangor State Legislative Assembly :
| Year | Constituency | Candidate | Votes | Pct. | Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout |
| 2008 | N47 Pandamaran | Ronnie Liu Tian Khiew (DAP) | 12,547 | 62.63% | Teh Kim Poo (MCA) | 7,149 | 35.68% | 20,034 | 5,398 | 79.53% |
| 2018 | N56 Sungai Pelek | Ronnie Liu Tian Khiew (DAP) | 13,484 | 51.65% | Ng Chok Sin (MCA) | 6,898 | 26.42% | 26,109 | 6,586 | 87.70% |
| 2018 | N56 Sungai Pelek | Ronnie Liu Tian Khiew (DAP) | 13,484 | 51.65% | Rohaya Mohd Shahir (PAS) | 5,200 | 19.92% | 26,109 | 6,586 | 87.70% |
| 2018 | N56 Sungai Pelek | Ronnie Liu Tian Khiew (DAP) | 13,484 | 51.65% | Harry Arul Raj Krishnan (PAP) | 79 | 0.30% | 26,109 | 6,586 | 87.70% |