Sarawak United Peoples' Party

Sarawak United Peoples' Party

Infobox Political party
name_english = Sarawak United People's Party
name_native = Parti Rakyat Bersatu Sarawak

leader = George Chan Hong Nam
foundation = 1959
dissolution =
headquarters = Kuching, Malaysia
newspaper = SA 'ATI
youth_wing = SUPP Youth Section
membership_year =
membership =
ideology = Centralism, Nationalism
national = Barisan Nasional
international =
colors =
website = http://www.supp.org.my/
footnotes =
The Sarawak United People's Party ( _zh. 砂拉越人民联合党; _ms. Parti Rakyat Bersatu Sarawak) is a political party in Malaysia. The party is one of the constituent members of the ruling National Front (Barisan Nasional). It was established in 1959 mainly by leftists and working class Chinese, many of whom were members of the underground communist movement in Sarawak. For the first decade of its existance, many of its members were deported from Sarawak for communist activities. Several of its senior members moved across the border into Kalimantan where they took up arms against the Sarawak government.

Party members and leadership structure

UPP Members of the 12th Parliament of Malaysia

* Sarawak
** P196 - Stampin - Yong Khoon Seng
** P199 - Serian - Richard Riot Jaem
** P208 - Sarikei - Ding Kuong Hiing
** P211 - Lanang - Tiong Thai King
** P212 - Sibu - Robert Lau Hoi Chew
** P219 - Miri - Peter Chin Fah Kui

In the Malaysian general election, 2008, SUPP managed to retain all of the seats it won previously. Compared to Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia and Malaysian Chinese Association, the party defended most of its Chinese majority seats from falling to the opposition, losing only the Bandar Kuching Parliamentary seat to the Democratic Action Party. [ [http://www.theborneopost.com/?p=32357 " S’wak ‘shields’ balance "] , The Borneo Post. August 30, 1998.]

The current president of the party is Datuk Patinggi Tan Sri Dr George Chan Hong Nam who is also the Deputy Chief Minister of the state of Sarawak.

References

Notes

*Chin, Ung Ho. 1997. New York: Oxford University Press, ISBN 983-56-0039-2

External links

* [http://www.supp.org.my/ Official web site]


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