Ignatius Dorell Leiking (Darell Leiking)

Key record

1. 1971Reported birth date 23 August 1971 in Penampang (single-source encyclopaedic entry).N13
2. 2013First elected Member of Parliament for Penampang on a PKR ticket, majority 10,216.E4N9N18
3. 2016Joined the newly formed Parti Warisan Sabah at Shafie Apdal's invitation; recorded as a founding member and deputy president since inception.N11N9
4. 2018Re-elected Penampang MP for Warisan at GE14 with 32,470 votes and a 23,473 majority.E3N6
5. 2018-2020Served as Minister of International Trade and Industry; represented Malaysia at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2020 in Davos.N19N4
6. 2020Won the Moyog state seat (N26) at the Sabah state election with 8,437 votes and a 5,935 majority.E2N3N16
7. 2021Stated he would forgive but not forget the Sebatik assemblyperson who left Warisan, saying he and colleagues had not crossed over during the 2013-2018 opposition term.N8
8. 2022Announced as Warisan's defender of Penampang for GE15; polled 14,656 votes and lost the seat.N7E1
9. 2025Denied resigning from Warisan to sit as an independent assemblyman, calling the claim misinformation; did not defend Moyog in the November 2025 state election.N12N3

Risk profile

How much due-diligence attention each area needs — not a finding of wrongdoing.

• PEP exposureVery high

  Former federal Minister of International Trade and Industry (2018-2020), deputy president of a registered party since 2016 and a three-term parliamentarian.

• Political influence & networksHigh

  Founding member and deputy president of Warisan, a Penampang incumbent across three terms and a former PKR representative in Sabah.

• Public procurement interfaceMedium

  Ministerial office at MITI placed him at the interface of federal trade, investment and ministerial decision-making, but the records contain no procurement, tender or contract detail.

• Corporate / GLC exposureOpen

  No directorship, shareholding, GLC or foundation appointment is documented, and no companies-registry check is included in the records.

• Litigation historyOpen

  No civil or criminal court matter involving him appears in the records and no court-registry search is covered.

• Regulatory / criminal findingsOpen

  No charge, sanction or regulatory finding is recorded, but no MACC, police or regulator checks are included in the records.

• Financial transparencyOpen

  No asset or income declaration, credit check or beneficial-ownership information is covered by the records.

• Media & reputationMedium

  Coverage centres on party positioning and two public denials - a claim about party-issued identity cards and a 2025 resignation rumour - with no adverse finding established.

Key roles & positions

• Member of the Dewan Rakyat for Penampang on a PKR ticket from 2013.N18E4N9
• Founding member and deputy president of Parti Warisan Sabah since its formation in 2016.N11N10
• Member of the Dewan Rakyat for Penampang under Warisan following the 2018 general election.N17E3
• Minister of International Trade and Industry, 2018-2020.N19N4
• Member of the 16th Sabah State Legislative Assembly for Moyog, 2020-2025.N16E2
• Warisan candidate for P174 Penampang at GE15 in 2022, unsuccessful.E1N7

Networks & connections

• Shafie Apdal: invited him to move to Warisan and started the party in 2016, with Leiking as deputy president since inception.N11N6
• Warisan's national-level positioning: recorded as reiterating the party's stance of not formally joining Pakatan Harapan so that consensus decisions would not override Sabah interests.N1
• Pakatan Harapan leadership contact: recorded as saying PH wanted Warisan to lead the opposition challenge in Sabah for GE14 and that he concurred with the arrangement.N2
• Sebatik assemblyperson who left Warisan: documented relationship through his public comment on the departure.N8
• Trade counterparts met in his ministerial capacity at WEF Davos 2020, including ministers from Switzerland, Turkey and Palestine and CEOs of multinationals.N4

Key findings

• ✓Three-term Penampang parliamentarian: won in 2013 for PKR, in 2018 for Warisan with a 23,473 majority, and lost the seat at GE15 in 2022.E4E3E1N9
• ✓Won the Moyog state seat in 2020 with 8,437 votes and a 5,935 majority and chose not to defend it in the November 2025 state election.E2N3N16
• ✓Founding member of Warisan and its deputy president since the party's 2016 inception.N11N10
• ✓Held federal ministerial office as Minister of International Trade and Industry from 2018 to 2020 and represented Malaysia at the WEF Annual Meeting 2020.N19N4
• ✓Recorded as pressing Warisan's non-federal-centric line and its decision not to formally join Pakatan Harapan.N1N2
• ✓Publicly denied that Warisan issued identity cards to illegal immigrants and said he would quit the party if proof existed.N5
• ✓Denied a February 2025 claim that he had resigned from Warisan to become an independent assemblyman, describing it as misinformation.N12
• ✓Recorded education at the University of Hertfordshire in a single-source encyclopaedic entry.N20

Red flags / areas of concern

• !The MITI ministerial tenure (2018-2020) creates a procurement and corporate interface that the records do not illuminate at all.N19
• !The identity-card issuance claim about Warisan remains unverified in the records; only his denial is documented.N5
• !Electoral standing has weakened: a 2022 general election loss and a decision not to defend the Moyog seat in 2025.E1N3
• !Warisan's deliberate non-alignment with Pakatan Harapan leaves coalition positioning fluid, which affects how influence and alliances should be mapped.N1N2

Mitigating factors

• ◆No charge, conviction, regulatory finding or court proceeding involving him appears anywhere in the records.N5N12
• ◆On the immigration-document claim he took a public accountability position, denying it and offering to quit the party if proof of issuance existed.N5
• ◆His own account is that he and colleagues did not cross over during the 2013-2018 opposition term, describing departure from the party as something he would forgive but not forget.N8
• ◆Electoral record shows sustained personal majorities in three successive contests rather than narrow or marginal wins.E4E3E2

Recommended next steps

1. 1Run Companies Commission of Malaysia (SSM) searches on his name for current and past directorships, shareholdings and any struck-off or dormant entities, including Sabah-registered companies.
2. 2Search court registries (e-Court and the Sabah High Court, Sessions and Magistrates registries) for civil and criminal matters naming him, and check the Insolvency Department for bankruptcy records.
3. 3Request MACC public statements and complaint records, plus Auditor-General reports on MITI and its agencies for 2018-2020, to test the ministerial period.
4. 4Obtain Dewan Rakyat and Sabah State Legislative Assembly Hansard for 2013-2025 and any published asset-declaration filings covering his parliamentary and state assembly terms.
5. 5Verify party membership history directly with PKR and Warisan and with the Registrar of Societies, covering the 2013-2016 PKR-to-Warisan transition and his current deputy-president status.
6. 6Confirm with the Election Commission and Warisan's official statements his nomination status and any candidacy for the 2025 Sabah state election and future federal contests.