Koon Seng Wan

O Co-Founder of Messrs Wan & Wan Advocates & Solicitors B xx.xx.xxxx BP Ipoh, Perak F Parents: Wan Hoo Leng @ Wan Chung Leng & Yip Sit Yeng; Wife: Mah Lai Kheng (year of marriage 1996); Children: Wan Xiang Wei, Wan Qi Shin, E Anglo-Chinese Primary and Secondary (1970-1978; 1981-1982); Royal Military College (1979-1981); University of London - LLB (1984-1987); University of Malaya - CLP (1988) Ca Messrs. Azman Davidson & Co - Chambering, and later Lawyer (1989-1993); Messrs. Wan & Wan Advocates & Solicitors - Co-Founder (1993-current) Ach Koon Seng holds a 3rd degree black belt in Taekwon-Do, and had represented Malaysia at the 3rd Veteran World Taekwon-Do ITF Championship 2008 in Uzbekistan, where he went up against a 6th degree black belt holder. He was also the Organizing Chairman of the Malaysian Taekwon-Do ITF National Tournament 2008, and has also served as the Vice President of Administration of the Persatuan Taekwon-Do Negeri Perak, and the Promoter for the International Taekwon-Do Federation of Malaysia. He was appointed Team Manager for Malaysia for the XVI World Championship in St. Petersburg. This was a proud moment, as it was the first time Malaysia was ever represented by a full men & women's team in ITF Taekwondo-Do on the world stage. On the legal front, he was invited by the Perak Chief Minister as one of the panel speakers for the 1st Halatuju Conference in Ipoh in 2018. He touched on the revitalization and renewed interest in resorting to archaic legal procedure in summary possession of land enshrined in the laws of Malaysia. He has also acted as an intermediary between the State Govt and NGO's or the public on matters pertaining to landed property rights of unauthorized occupancy on government land. More recently, he was specially requested to coordinate the private sector effort with the state authorities to raise funds to construct a 300m road for the Bahai community, connecting their burial ground at Lahat, thereby solving a year long stand-off between all parties CaSA Koon Seng was actively involved in the efforts to raise funds at State and/or Federal level for a local heart foundation for pediatric-cardio purposes through the international Ironman Triathlon competition held in New York. He has also been involved in fund-raising activities for social & political events related to public health for Perak state. He was also a temporary volunteer at the Palliative Centre, Perak, helping to coordinate work for road construction, fencing, and security facilities at the centre H Collecting rare leather-bound books and scale models of aeroplanes, Taekwon-Do, football, and swimming. He is also a prolific reader on the history of warfare, particularly the aerial warfare of WW11, and an avid collector of 1/48 scale plastic model planes, having some of the rarest injection molded or vacuum formed kits in Malaysia. He is also an avid art enthusiast, particularly life and modern surrealism influence by Salvador Dali's style and/or ideas LS English, Malay, Cantonese J Koon Seng was brought up in a traditional Taoist environment in modest surroundings in Ipoh. His father was a teacher, while his mother was a homemaker and part-time private Mandarin tutor. His early education saw him excelling academically in his class throughout his six years in primary school. In lower secondary, his good grades in the LCE exam helped him secure a place at the Royal Military College. While here, he expanded his interest in military history, military studies, and military leadership. Besides being an acting Putera Sergeant and Assistant Parade Commander, he also captained a unit of the college's football team. In 1981, he returned to his alma mater to complete his STPM, during which time he was voted Best Senior Prefect and earned the title Sixth Form Personality. Following high school, he left for England to read law at the University of London, graduating with LLB Honours. A year later, he obtained his CLP from University of Malaya. He began his career as an understudy and later as a lawyer at Messrs. Azman Davidson & Co. He was called to the Malaysian Bar in 1989, and after a short stint at the firm, he and his younger brother set up Messrs. Wan & Wan Advocates & Solicitors. The firm specializes in corporate litigation and litigation related to land matters, particularly those involving squatters and inter-family disputes relating to land, and Koon Seng has often appeared for the State Government on cases involving illegal occupancy of government land