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Choo Wee Khiang () is a Singaporean former politician. A former member of the country's governing People's Action Party (PAP), he was elected as a Member of Parliament (MP) in three elections. Choo resigned from his MP position and PAP membership before being convicted for cheating.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=9.30pm Television Corporation of Singapore English News )〕 He was charged in 2011 with three counts of corruption and one of criminal breach of trust during his tenure at the Singapore Table Tennis Association (of which he served as President from 1991–98 and from 2002–08).〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Ex-table tennis chief Choo Wee Khiang charged with graft )〕 His nephew is Desmond Choo ,currently MP for Tampines GRC. ==Career== Choo first became a Member of Parliament (MP) after the 1988 general elections where his party, PAP, contested and won the election in Marine Parade Group Representation Constituency (GRC) against the Singapore Justice Party. In the 1991 general elections, Choo moved to Jalan Besar GRC and was re-elected via a walkover. In the 1997 general elections, Choo contested in Jalan Besar GRC again and his team won the elections against the team from Singapore Democratic Party. In December 1999, Choo resigned from his MP position and PAP membership before pleading guilty to cheating charges in court. With Choo's resignation, Acting Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said the other Jalan Besar GRC MPs will continue to serve the constituents.〔 Choo was the deputy president of the Singapore Table Tennis Association (STTA) from 1989 to 1991 and was elected to be the president in 1991 before resigning in 1998.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=It's a smooth transition as STTA's Yeo steps down for ex-president Choo )〕 After a four-year break, he became president of the association again in 1998. He succeeded Yeo Guat Kwang as STTA's president in 2002 after being elected unopposed at STTA's biennial general meeting at the Singapore Table Tennis Academy.〔 Choo stepped down as president during STTA's biennial general meeting in 2008.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=MP Lee is STTA's first woman boss )〕 After leaving STTA in 2008, Choo became the general manager of Marina Bay Golf Course.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Ex-Singapore Table Tennis Association chief claims trial )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=SANYO’s first solar buggy feasibility trial in South East Asia )〕 Choo was also Asia’s representative in the International Table Tennis Federation Development and Continental Council from 2004 and the Honorary Treasurer of the Asian Table Tennis Union from 1991. In 2009, Choo received the IOC President's Trophy from the Singapore National Olympic Committee for outstanding contributions to the development of table tennis in Singapore since 1989.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=IOC Trophy )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Choo Wee Khiang」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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