Willie Mongin


Willie Anak Mongin is a Malaysian politician, entrepreneur, and software engineer and who has served as the Member of Parliament for Puncak Borneo since May 2018. A member of Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu, he served as the Deputy Minister of Plantation Industries and Commodities II from August 2021 until November 2022 and from March 2020 to August 2021.

Political career

2011 Sarawak state election

In the 2011 election, Willie under his party of People's Justice Party faced Jerip Susil of Barisan Nasional and lost in a large majority.

2013 general election

In the 2013 election, Willie faced James Dawos Mamit at of PBB but losing again the parliamentary seat.

2016 Sarawak state election

In the 2016 election, Willie faced Jerip Susil in winning for the Mambong state seat and lost in a large majority.

2018 general election

In the 2018 election, his party of PKR field him to contest the Puncak Borneo parliamentary seat again, defeating the incumbent candidate Genot Sinel.

Parliamentary Incidents and Controversy

In 2018, during a debate about introducing a Sales and Services Tax, Bung Moktar Radin was recounting the price of goods at markets when Willie Mongin uttered:
In reference to recent viral photo purportedly showing a person resembling Bung Moktar sitting in a casino.
Bung Moktar then pointed his finger at Willie and accused him of being rude, demanding a retraction and subsequently shouting "fuck you".
In 2021, Willie was under controversy after Batu Kawan MP Kasthuriraani Patto accused him for showing the finger twice during sessions. Willie denied the accusations and said he will apologize if the accusations are true.

Honours

Honours of Malaysia