Party-less politician Larry Sng may have to say goodbye to politics after he had debuted in the 2001 state election at the tender age of 21.

That is unless he decides to join the opposition to pursue his political career. Even then, it is not certain whether Sarawak PKR would accept him, but certainly the DAP will not.

larry sng Sng's ( left ) application to be a direct member of the Barisan Nasional was rejected by the Barisan Nasional supreme council on Friday on the grounds that he had been sacked by Parti Rakyat Sarawak (PRS) for bringing the party into disrepute.

Under the Barisan’s rules, any member who has been sacked by his party for whatever reason cannot be accepted as a direct member of the Barisan Nasional, either through the back door or front door.

With the “No Entry” sign erected at  the Barisan Nasional’s house, the provision practically kills off Sng’s wish to be a direct member so he could defend his Pelagus seat straight away.

He became “partyless” after he was sacked by PRS for arranging a separate annual general meeting that elected him as party president in 2008, against the one arranged by PRS president and Sarawak Land Development Minister James Masing.

Despite being without a party, Sng is still retained by Chief Minister Abdul Taib Mahmud in his administration, much to the ire of the PRS leadership which had nominated someone else to take over.

He is Assistant Minister in the Chief Minister’s Office, Assistant Minister of Youth Affairs and Training of Youth, and Assistant Industrial Development Minister (Training).

The tall and slim Sng would easily pass as a movie star if he walks on the streets of Hong Kong or Seoul because of his dashing looks.

Sng would still be a PRS member had he accepted an offer by Masing to be a party information chief in 2006 at the beginning of the party crisis.

Instead, he chose to side with his father, Sng Chee Hua, the party deputy chief, who was then heading a rival camp.

In 2008, the junior Sng took over the camp’s leadership from his father.

Bitter tussle

Masing and the senior Sng were in a bitter fight for the control of the party, which was registered on Oct 21, 2004, the day Parti Bansa Dayak Sarawak (PBDS) was deregistered by the Registrar of Societies, also over a leadership tussle.

The Masing-Sng senior tussle almost led to the deregistration of PRS.

The PRS crisis only ended when ROS recognised the AGM that “duly elected”  Masing.

james masing Masing ( right ) then issued a show-cause letter to the junior Sng on why he should not be sacked.

Sng did not reply to the letter after one month, and so he was automatically sacked from the party.

Masing, when contacted today, said all the leaders of the four state BN component parties from Sarawak, including Abdul Taib Mahmud, were present during the meeting with Barisan Nasional chairman and Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak.

“The decision not to accept him (Sng) was unanimous and his case was not even debated by all the BN component parties,”  Masing explained.

Asked whether the rejection had go to do with his father, the senior Sng, being  a good friend of opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim, Masing replied he would not know.

The senior Sng had a breakfast date with Anwar at a hotel coffeehouse exactly a week ago. Anwar had denied that Sng had come to see him to pave the way for his son to join PKR.

Masing said it was up to the junior Sng to decide on his political career and where he wanted to go.

“But as far as PRS is concerned, our door has been slammed shut on him and as such, he will not be nominated to defend his Pelagus seat for PRS,” he said.

Masing said he would not be bothered if other BN component parties took and nominated him to contest so long as it was not in the nine seats already allocated to PRS.

“If other component parties believe that Sng is so good and valuable, then I suggest that they take him as their candidate,” he said.

He said there was nothing to prevent PBB from taking Sng as its associate member and then nominate him to contest in one of the 35 seats allocated to the party.

Taib: Door not shut on Sng

However, later, Abdul Taib Mahmud said BN will not shut the door on the junior Sng. As the direct membership concept was still new, some state BN component parties were willing to accept the application while others hesitated, he said, adding that Sng could re-apply.

  

He said individuals who had a “history” with certain parties usually faced obstacles when trying to apply for direct membership.

  

Abdul Taib was speaking to reporters after launching a Chinese New Year open house organised by Kuching City South Council in the city today.