DAP to recruit activist who received award from Queen Elizabeth

DAP is set to recruit 24-year-old Heidy Quah, who received the Queen Elizabeth II Young Leaders Award last year.

Quah, who was featured on Malaysianskini, is best known for her work with refugees, having set up an NGO at age 18 to help the community.

In a media invite, DAP said a special press conference on Quah’s membership will be held tomorrow at Segambut MP Hannah Yeoh's office in Taman Tun Dr Ismail, Kuala Lumpur.

DAP supremo Lim Kit Siang is expected to announce her entry into the party.

Quah, who studied accounting and finance, had been involved in advocacy work from a young age.

She received the Young Leaders Award for her work with the NGO Refuge for The Refugees (RFTR), which she founded with her friend Andrea Prisha.

Quah and Prisha had the idea to form the NGO after volunteering at a Myanmar refugee school, which later ran out of funds.

The pair subsequently organised a fundraising effort for the school, and registered RFTR soon after. -Mkini