Since 2006, Kiat Lee is the Chairman of Jalan Tun Tan Cheng Lock MCA Branch in Melaka. He is also the Chief for Legal Aid Bureau MCA Youth Melaka and MCA Division Kota Melaka. Beside that, Kiat Lee is also the Legal Advisor for MCA Melaka Crisis Relief Squad and MCA Melaka Public Complain Bureau. In 2008, Kiat Lee, a new candidate at that time, was defeated by Betty Chew for the Kota Laksamana seat where he had only 3,801 votes against 11,043 votes with Chew. Even though Kiat Lee had lost, he said that he had learned a lot through that election. He has discovered a way to enrich people's life through his own experience in the election and ways to deal with greater pressure.