Baru Bian

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Baru Bian
MLA
Member of the Sarawak State Assembly
for Ba'kelalan
Assumed office
16 April 2011
Preceded by Nelson Balang Rining
Majority 473 (2011)
Personal details
Born (1958-09-09) 9 September 1958
Lawas, Crown Colony of Sarawak
Citizenship Malaysian
Political party PKRPakatan Rakyat
Spouse(s) Yu Ching Sieu
Alma mater University of Melbourne
Occupation Politician
Lawyer
Religion Christianity
Website www.barubian.net

Baru Bian (born 9 September 1958) is a Malaysian politician from the Parti Keadilan Rakyat in the Pakatan Rakyat opposition coalition.[1] He gained prominence as a campaigner for native customary rights in the state of Sarawak, Malaysia.

He was elected to the Sarawak State Assembly in April 2011 by winning the Ba’kelalan seat, having defeated the candidate for the ruling Barisan Nasional coalition, Willie Liau, who is also his nephew, by a narrow 473-vote majority.[2] He is a son of a pastor and attended Kolej Tun Datu Patinggi Haji Bujang at Tanjong Lobang, Miri, Sarawak. His highest political office before appointed as the Sarawak PKR (Parti Keadilan Rakyat) liaison chief was a supreme council member of Parti Bansa Dayak Sarawak (PBDS).[3]

He can be followed his blog at www.barubian.net.

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