Career
He represented Sibu in the Parliament of Malaysia from 1990 until his death in 2010, and served as Deputy Minister for Transport from April 2009 until his death. Lau was also a vice-president of the Sarawak United Peoples" Party (SUPP). Lau was born to a poor family and his mother died when he was three years old.
He was schooled at Street Michael"s College, Adelaide and studied accountancy at the South Australia Institute of Technology (now the University of South Australia).
His political career began in 1983 when he joined SUPP. He first contested a Parliamentary election in the Malaysian general election, 1990, winning the seat of Sibu against a Democratic Action Party candidate by a majority of 2,008 votes. Lau died of bile duct cancer (Cholangiocarcinoma) in his home in Kuala Lumpur on 9 April 2010.
His remains arrived in Sibu at night on the same day. His funeral was held on 11 April 2010.
The funeral began with a procession around the Sibu town and a requiem Massachusetts
His body was later buried at Nirvana Memorial Park.