PETALING JAYA: Former Senator and Wanita MCA veteran Chew Poh Thoi passed away at the age of 80 on Wednesday (March 10).
Wanita MCA chief Datuk Heng Seai Kie said Chew, who joined the party back in 1974, was always the first to participate in community activities and contributed greatly to national and women causes. Her passing is a great loss to our wing, MCA, and our society, Heng said in a statement on Thursday (March 11).
Chew was a former educator in SMK Methodist Tanjung Malim, and after joining politics, went on to take up posts as the Wanita division chief of Tanjung Malim.