On February 28, 2025, he turned 73. He ran for election to the Ohio State Senate to represented the fourth district but he and Candice Keller lost to George Lang in the Republican primary on April 28, 2020. On March 23, 2021, he unbuttoned his shirt and bared his chest during a board meeting in West Chester. He said, “Don’t get me wrong.

Mar 25, 2021 · Board member Lee Wong suffered the wounds while serving in the U.S. military. Tuesday night he offered them as final proof of his devotion to the same country where he says he’s suffered...

Mar 27, 2021 · Lee Wong, 69, a Board of Trustees member in West Chester Township, Ohio, lifted up his shirt to display the results of fighting for the U.S. Army amid growing anti-Asian violence.

Aug 10, 2023 · On March 23, 2021, during a routine board of trustees meeting in West Chester Township, Lee Wong took off his blazer jacket, unbuttoned his shirt and displayed the scars inflicted during his time serving in the U.S. Army — a moment that would soon go viral.

Mar 28, 2021 · Lee Wong removed his shirt during a town hall meeting in Ohio to show the scars from his US Army service

Mar 27, 2021 · Lee Wong, an elected official in West Chester, Ohio & @USArmy veteran with 20-years of service, took his shirt off during a town hall meeting on Wednesday and revealed scars he received during his service.

Mar 30, 2021 · Lee Wong, a U.S. Army veteran and Ohio official, took off his shirt during a board meeting to prove a point about patriotism and racism. ...more.

Mar 28, 2021 · Recently, a video of Ohio politician Lee Wong went viral after he removed his jacket and unbuttoned his shirt at a meeting of the West Chester Board of Trustees to make a powerful statement.

Mar 27, 2021 · Video of an Asian American township official lifting up his shirt to show the scars he received from serving in the U.S. military while delivering an anti-racism message has gone viral.

Apr 9, 2021 · A video of an Asian American military veteran taking his shirt off during a town hall meeting to show his "patriotism" went viral. Lee Wong, the chair of the township Board of Trustees in West Chester, Ohio, — a position equivalent to mayor, who served in the US Army for 20 years, shared his views with China Daily about racial discrimination.