Ling Liong Sik

Tun Dr. **Ling Liong Sik** (born 18 September 1943) is a Malaysian politician. He was the sixth president of the Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA) from 1986 to 2003. MCA is a party in the Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition. He was also Malaysia’s Minister of Transport from 1986 to 2003.

On 27 October 2015, Prime Minister Najib Razak sued Ling Liong Sik for defamation. Ling had agreed with former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad’s call for Najib to resign, saying Najib put public money into his own personal accounts. The case went through several court hearings from 2016 to 2018. Ling tried to strike out the case, but the court said it should go to trial.

On 22 May 2018, Najib withdrew the lawsuit. The court ordered Najib to pay RM25,000 in costs to Ling.

## Infobox (officeholder)

- **embed**: yes
- **office3**: Minister of Transport (Malaysia), Minister of Transport
- **term start3**: 7 January 1986
- **term end3**: 23 May 2003
- **monarch3**: Iskandar of Johor
 Azlan Shah of Perak, Azlan Shah
 Ja'afar of Negeri Sembilan, Ja'afar
 Salahuddin of Selangor, Salahuddin
 Sirajuddin of Perlis, Sirajuddin
- **primeminister3**: Mahathir Mohamad
- **deputy3**: Rahmah Othman
 Zaleha Ismail
 Mohd Ali Rustam
 Ibrahim Saad
 Ramli Ngah Talib
 Douglas Uggah Embas
- **predecessor3**: Chong Hon Nyan
- **successor3**: Chan Kong Choy
- **constituency3**: Labis (federal constituency), Labis
- **office4**: Deputy Minister of Education (Malaysia), Deputy Minister of Education I
- **term start4**: 25 March 1985
- **term end4**: 7 January 1986
- **alongside4**: Bujang Ulis
- **monarch4**: Iskandar of Johor, Iskandar
- **primeminister4**: Mahathir Mohamad
- **minister4**: Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
- **constituency4**: Mata Kuching (federal constituency), Mata Kuching
- **office5**: Deputy Minister of Finance (Malaysia), Deputy Minister of Finance II
- **term start5**: 30 April 1982
- **term end5**: 16 July 1984
- **alongside5**: Sabbaruddin Chik
- **monarch5**: Ahmad Shah of Pahang, Ahmad Shah
- **primeminister5**: Mahathir Mohamad
- **minister5**: Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah
- **constituency5**: Mata Kuching (federal constituency), Mata Kuching
- **office6**: Ministry of Communications and Multimedia (Malaysia), Deputy Minister of Information
- **term start6**: 1978
- **term end6**: 1982
- **monarch6**: Ahmad Shah of Pahang, Ahmad Shah
- **minister6**: Mohamed Rahmat
- **constituency6**: Mata Kuching (federal constituency), Mata Kuching
- **office7**: Ministry of Local Government and Federal Territories (Malaysia), Parliamentary Secretary of the
 Ministry of Local Government and Federal Territories
- **term start7**: 1976
- **term end7**: 1978
- **monarch7**: Yahya Petra of Kelantan, Yahya Petra
- **minister7**: Hassan Adli Arshad
- **1blankname7**: Deputy Minister
- **1namedata7**: Subramaniam Sinniah
- **constituency7**: Mata Kuching (federal constituency), Mata Kuching


## Infobox (officeholder)

- **honorific-prefix**: Malay styles and titles#Honorary styles, Yang Amat Berbahagia Malay styles and titles#Tun, Tun Physician, Dr.
- **name**: Ling Liong Sik
- **office1**: Chancellor of the Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman
- **term start1**: 18 January 2017
- **predecessor1**: _Position established_
- **office**: Prime Minister of Malaysia

- **term start**: 4 February 1988
- **term end**: 16 February 1988
- **term label**: Covering duties
- **monarch**: Iskandar of Johor, Iskandar
- **predecessor**: Mahathir Mohamad
- **successor**: Mahathir Mohamad
- **office2**: 6th President of the Malaysian Chinese Association
- **1namedata2**: Mahathir Mohamad
- **term start2**: 3 September 1986
- **term end2**: 23 May 2003
- **predecessor2**: Tan Koon Swan
- **successor2**: Ong Ka Ting
- **office10**: Faction represented in Dewan Rakyat
- **subterm10**: 1974–2004
- **suboffice10**: Barisan Nasional
- **birth place**: Kuala Kangsar (town), Kuala Kangsar, Perak, Japanese occupation of Malaya
- **citizenship**: Malaysians, Malaysian
- **party**: Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA)
- **otherparty**: Alliance Party (Malaysia), Alliance
 Barisan Nasional (BN)
- **occupation**: Politician, physician
- **spouse**: Ong Ee Nah (王维娜)
- **children**: Ling Hee Leong, Ling Hee Keat
- **education**: Royal Military College (Malaysia), Royal Military College
- **alma mater**: University of Singapore