Larry Sng denies setting up new party
Published: Aug 7, 2011 5:02 AM | Updated: Aug 7, 2011 8:39 AM
Former state assistant minister in the Chief Minister's Department, Larry Sng, whose name was linked to the proposed setting up of a new political party to accommodate partyless politicians, today said there was no truth to it.
Former state assistant minister in the Chief Minister's Department, Larry Sng, whose name was linked to the proposed setting up of a new political party to accommodate partyless politicians, today said there was no truth to it.
Sng, who was recently appointed youth advisor in the Chief Minister's Department, said he would rejoin active politics on his terms "when the time is right".
"New Barisan Nasional (BN) party in the offing to accommodate me? That is just wishful thinking...." he said in a posting on his Facebook account.
As far as he was concerned, Sng said, there was no truth to the matter as he was currently focusing on the development of youths in Sarawak.
Obviously alluding to news reports that were first published in the local Chinese dailies, he said, some expired or rejected politicians might be trying to capitalise on his name for their own political mileage.
According to the reports, the yet-to-be registered party has a strong backing from the state BN and is believed to be spearheaded by a well-known politician with the title of Datuk.
Said to have been mooted to accommodate partyless politicians, including Sng, the party will have 33 supreme council members comprising 22 Dayaks and nine Chinese.
Sng was not asked to defend his Pelagus seat in the April 16 state election this year after he was excluded from the Parti Rakyat Sarawak (PRS) line-up.
He was dropped by PRS, under whose banner he had contested in the 2006 state election, following his sacking from the party in a bitter leadership tussle in 2007.
- Bernama
Sng, who was recently appointed youth advisor in the Chief Minister's Department, said he would rejoin active politics on his terms "when the time is right"."New Barisan Nasional (BN) party in the offing to accommodate me? That is just wishful thinking...." he said in a posting on his Facebook account.
As far as he was concerned, Sng said, there was no truth to the matter as he was currently focusing on the development of youths in Sarawak.
Obviously alluding to news reports that were first published in the local Chinese dailies, he said, some expired or rejected politicians might be trying to capitalise on his name for their own political mileage.
According to the reports, the yet-to-be registered party has a strong backing from the state BN and is believed to be spearheaded by a well-known politician with the title of Datuk.
Said to have been mooted to accommodate partyless politicians, including Sng, the party will have 33 supreme council members comprising 22 Dayaks and nine Chinese.
Sng was not asked to defend his Pelagus seat in the April 16 state election this year after he was excluded from the Parti Rakyat Sarawak (PRS) line-up.
He was dropped by PRS, under whose banner he had contested in the 2006 state election, following his sacking from the party in a bitter leadership tussle in 2007.
- Bernama
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