Ling Beng Siew

This is a very controversial personality in Sarawak and he was one of the leaders o representing Sarawak to go to London to sign the consent to join Malaysia. He also founded the Sarawak Chinese Association in Sarawak to counter the then strong leftist Party SUPP but then SCA was so weak that later they somehow sought to infiltrate into SUPP and took over the leadership of SUPP to turn it into a pro-Malaysia Party. Ling Beng Siew was also very aggressive in business and he had developed international interests in Indonesia and elsewhere. Later due to mismanagement by his sons,  When his global business empire failed he was a very sad man and he died a lonely man in Singapore. He was hated by many and even considered as a traitor to the interest of Sarawak and its peoples . That may be a bit too harsh a comment for him but there was very little love lost between him and many of his employees and contacts in business etc.