24 Facts About Larry Sng

Datuk Larry Sng Wei Shien, is a Taiwanese-born Malaysian politician who has served as the Member of Parliament for Julau since May 2018.

Larry Sng served as Member of the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly for Pelagus from September 2001 to April 2011.

Larry Sng was previously the State Chairman of the People's Justice Party of Sarawak, a component party of the Pakatan Harapan coalition.

Larry Sng is currently the President of Parti Bangsa Malaysia and has served in this role since January 2022.

Sng was born on 14 September 1979 in Taipei to a Sarawakian businessman-politician father Sng Chee Hua and Taiwanese-born mother Susan Sng.

Larry Sng's father is the former one-term Julau MP from 1995 to 1999, two-term Pelagus assemblyman from 1991 to 2001 and a renowned corporate player.

Meanwhile, his grandfather, Larry Sng Chin Joo was a Member of Parliament and Council Negri member in 1963 and the Kapitan Cina in Kapit in the mid-80s.

Larry Sng grew up in Kuala Lumpur and in England and studied at the London School of Economics.

Larry Sng joined the Sarawak Native People's Party in 2001 when he was 22.

Larry Sng first stood on the PBDS ticket in 2001 state election, replacing his father as the Pelagus representative.

Larry Sng had served two terms as Barisan Nasional state assemblyman of Sarawak for Pelagus from 2001 to 2011.

Larry Sng joined the new Parti Rakyat Sarawak in 2004 which was founded by James Jemut Masing and his father the senior Larry Sng in the wake of the de-registration of PBDS and succeeded it as a component of BN.

Larry Sng had been the PRS deputy secretary general under the presidency of Masing until a leadership tussle between them resulted in the revocation of Sng's party membership for insubordination in 2007.

Larry Sng was dropped from contesting and defending the Pelagus state assembly seat under BN's banner in 2011 state election.

Larry Sng retained his position as the deputy chairman of Sarawak Convention Bureau as well as Sarawak Convention Centre and was appointed Youth Affairs advisor to the Chief Minister Taib Mahmud's state government in 2012 amid his BN-friendly status.

Larry Sng resigned from all his government appointments in 2013 to assume the position of founding president of the just formed Sarawak Workers Party which proclaimed to be BN-friendly too.

In March 2016, while serving as the SWP party president Larry Sng initially planned to contest the newly created state constituency of Bukit Goram in upcoming 2016 state election, but later in April he unexpectedly resigned from the party instead thus renouncing his candidacy.

Larry Sng explained he has quits although he could have won because he felt he could not truly serve the constituents without being in BN in an emotional post on his Facebook.

Larry Sng defeated Joseph Salang Gandum the four-term incumbent and PRS deputy president.

Larry Sng joined the PKR which is part of new Pakatan Harapan ruling coalition shortly after his victory in the election.

Larry Sng was picked during the PH's rules as chairman of the Malaysian Pepper Board under the federal Ministry of Plantation Industries and Commodities from May 2018 to April 2020.

Larry Sng was appointed as the chairman of the Malaysian Timber Industry Board on 5 May 2023.

Outside politics, Larry Sng is known for his corporate social responsibility and community services.

Larry Sng was once touted as Sarawak's richest MP after he declared his and his wife's assets to be around RM11.78 million to the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission in November 2018.