Wong Tien Fatt

He was a member of the Democratic Action Party (DAP), a component party of the Pakatan Harapan (PH) and formerly Pakatan Rakyat (PR) coalitions. He also served as the State Chairman of DAP of Sabah from 2015 to his death in March 2019. He was also the father of Sandakan MP Vivian Wong Shir Yee.

Yang Berbahagia Datuk Stephen Wong Tien Fatt PGDK
黄天发
Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Sandakan
In office 5 May 2013 – 28 March 2019
Preceded by	Liew Vui Keong (BN–LDP)
Succeeded by	Vivian Wong Shir Yee (PH–DAP)
Majority	1,088 (2013) 10,098 (2018)
State Chairman of the Democratic Action Party of Sabah
In office 2015 – 28 March 2019
National Chairman	Tan Kok Wai
Secretary-General	Lim Guan Eng
Preceded by	Jimmy Wong Sze Phin
Succeeded by	Frankie Poon Ming Fung
State Minister of People's Health and Wellbeing of Sabah
In office 16 May 2018 – 28 March 2019
Governor	Juhar Mahiruddin
Chief Minister	Shafie Apdal
Succeeded by	Frankie Poon Ming Fung
Personal details
Born	Wong Tien Fatt @ Wong Nyuk Foh (1954-10-02)2 October 1954 Sandakan, Crown Colony of North Borneo (now Sabah, Malaysia)
Died	28 March 2019(2019-03-28) (aged 64) Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia
Resting place	Sandakan Christian Burial Ground, along Mile 12 off Labuk Road, Sandakan, Sabah, Malaysia
Citizenship	Malaysian
Political party	Democratic Action Party (DAP) (2012–2019)
Other political affiliations	Pakatan Rakyat (PR) (2012–2015) Alliance of Hope (PH) (2015–2019)
Spouse	Florence Chong Mee Fook
Children	4 (including Vivian Wong Shir Yee)
Occupation	Politician

2013 general election

In the 2013 election, Wong faced Liew Vui Keong of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and subsequently won the parliamentary seat of Sandakan.

2018 general election

In the 2018 election, was fielded by the DAP again to contest in Sandakan, facing a new candidate Lim Ming Hoo from the LDP. He won the election with a large majority.

Criticism of ESSCOM

In 2015, Wong criticised the Eastern Sabah Security Command (ESSCOM) for its costly formation despite recurring kidnapping cases and expressed disappointment towards the "irresponsible and arrogant attitude by [sic] the government leaders as it seems as they are trying to avoid the blame from public". A year before, Wong had urged the government to implement the re-issuance of identity cards in Sabah in response to the many immigrants from the southern Philippines.

Acceptance of Sabah State Awards and Datukship

In 2018, Wong accepted the Sabah State Award of Panglima Gemilang Darjah Kinabalu (PGDK) (which carries the title of "Datuk") in accordance with the Yang di-Pertua Sabah Tun Juhar Mahiruddin's 65th birthday; this was in opposition to the DAP's Central Executive Committee policy of disallowing the acceptance of awards and titles by elected representatives and local councillors during their period of active political service. Wong was neither apologetic to the party leadership nor willing to return the award.

Wong died at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia on 28 March 2019 due to a heart attack during a morning hike on the same day. His body was flown back to his hometown of Sandakan to be laid to rest.

His death triggered the 2019 Sandakan by-election on 11 May. His former seat was successfully defended by his daughter and DAP candidate Vivian Wong Shir Yee by a majority of 11,521 votes.

Malaysia

•   Sabah :
  •   Commander of the Order of Kinabalu (PGDK) – Datuk (2018)