The Sarawak Progressive Democratic Party (SPDP), a Barisan Nasional (BN) component party, has decided to contest in 10 state seats including two new seats in the coming state election. SPDP president Datuk Seri Tiong King Sing said the two new seats were Samalaju and Mulu. "SPDP will field Datuk Pau Chiong Ung for the Samalaju seat while for the Mulu seat it will be either party senior vice-president Dr Roland Dom Mattu or Youth chief Robert Ayu," he said in a statement after the party's supreme council meeting today. He said the supreme council had made a unanimous decision to contest both the Samalaju and Mulu seats. Both Robert and Dr Roland are Kelabit and served as councillors in the Miri City Council (MCC). The former is a lawyer and the latter a gynaecologist. As for the eight seats traditionally allocated to SPDP, Tiong said the names of the candidates had been submitted to Chief Minister Tan Sri Adenan Satem, who is also state BN chairman. Tiong said the candidates were for Tasik Biru, Pakan, Krian, Meluan, Berkenu, Batu Danau, Ba'kelalan and Marudi. Although he did not disclose the name of the candidates, Tiong announced the potential candidates for several seats in April last year, namely lawyer Cila Nasu for Tasik Biru, lawyer Kilat Beriak (Krian), Belayong Jampong (Meluan) businessman Brian Fung (Pakan) and lawyer Fabian Andrew Sigar (Ba Kelalan). He said however the list of the candidates was not finalised and might change based on feedback on the ground. – Bernama, February 20, 2016.]]>
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