SUPP to nominate branch youth leader for Bawang Assan seat

PETALING JAYA: The Sarawak United Peoples’ Party will nominate Kevin Lau, a branch youth leader, as the party’s candidate for the Bawang Assan seat at the next state polls, party president Dr Sim Kui Hian said.

Sim said he will submit the nomination to Gabungan Parti Sarawak chairman Abang Johari Openg, the Borneo Post reported.

He described Lau, the Bawang Assan SUPP youth chief, as an articulate and hardworking leader who had shown a strong commitment to serving the community and contributing to the constituency’s development.

Sim said Lau had long advocated the construction of a bridge linking Sibu to the western side of Bawang Assan, adding that the proposal has received the premier’s support.

Two years ago, Sim’s endorsement of Lau, a local councillor, highlighted a growing rift between SUPP and the Progressive Democratic Party, another GPS component party.

The seat is currently represented by Wong Soon Koh, a seven-term assemblyman, who joined PDP in 2024, after Parti Sarawak Bersatu was dissolved.

Sarawak is expected to hold its state election by year end.