Choo was educated at Ai Tong School, Catholic High School and National Junior College, before being awarded a Singapore Police Force Overseas Merit
In the 2011 General Elections, Yaw from the Worker's Party won the seat for Hougang SMC against PAP's Desmond Choo, taking 64.81 per cent of the valid votes.
He was one of two candidates in the by-election, the other being Desmond Choo of the PAP.
Desmond Child | Jimmy Choo | William Desmond Taylor | Desmond Morris | Desmond Elliot | Desmond Hume | Dermot Desmond | Shin-Soo Choo | Desmond Richardson | Desmond Norman | Desmond Guinness | Earl of Desmond | Desmond Howard | Desmond FitzGerald | Desmond Bagley | Richard Desmond | Kingdom of Desmond | Desmond Shawe-Taylor | Desmond McKenzie | Desmond Harrington | Desmond FitzGerald (politician) | Desmond Connell | Desmond Choo | Chattanooga Choo Choo | Wong Mew Choo | The Secret Diary of Desmond Pfeiffer | Tan Choo Leng | Richard Preston, 1st Earl of Desmond | Leslie Desmond Foster Vesey-Fitzgerald | Kwa Geok Choo |