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Richard Riot Jaem
Richard Riot anak Jaem (born 1 December 1951) is a Malaysian politician who served as the Special Envoy of the Prime Minister to East Asia from 2020 until 2022. A deputy president of Sarawak United Peoples' Party (SUPP), he has represented Serian in the Parliament of Malaysia since 1990.
Born in Serian. He previously was the Minister of Human Resources and Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs under former Prime Minister Najib Razak and former Minister Anifah Aman from 2010 to 2018. He has also served the Chairman of the Sarawak Rivers Board (SRB).
During SUPP's triennial assembly in 2011, Riot was elected as the party's first non-Chinese deputy president.
Riot first contested and won the Serian parliamentary seat in 1990 as an independent candidate. He was later re-elected for six consecutive terms beginning in 1995, all on a Barisan Nasional ticket.
After serving for more than 20 years as a government backbencher, Riot was appointed as Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs in a minor cabinet reshuffle on 1 June 2010.
In 2013 he was promoted to a full ministerial position as Minister for Human Resources.
After the 12th Malaysian general election in March 2008, there was speculation that Riot would defect to the opposition People's Justice Party (PKR); however, Riot denied the speculation and the move did not materialised.
In September 2017, Riot was engulfed in a corruption allegation after RM40 million was found to be missing from the Skills Development Fund Corporation (SDFC) under the Ministry of Human Resources which he helmed as its minister. Among those arrested by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) included his political secretary. Riot himself was called in by the MACC and questioned for 10 hours.
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Richard Riot Jaem
Richard Riot anak Jaem (born 1 December 1951) is a Malaysian politician who served as the Special Envoy of the Prime Minister to East Asia from 2020 until 2022. A deputy president of Sarawak United Peoples' Party (SUPP), he has represented Serian in the Parliament of Malaysia since 1990.
Born in Serian. He previously was the Minister of Human Resources and Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs under former Prime Minister Najib Razak and former Minister Anifah Aman from 2010 to 2018. He has also served the Chairman of the Sarawak Rivers Board (SRB).
During SUPP's triennial assembly in 2011, Riot was elected as the party's first non-Chinese deputy president.
Riot first contested and won the Serian parliamentary seat in 1990 as an independent candidate. He was later re-elected for six consecutive terms beginning in 1995, all on a Barisan Nasional ticket.
After serving for more than 20 years as a government backbencher, Riot was appointed as Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs in a minor cabinet reshuffle on 1 June 2010.
In 2013 he was promoted to a full ministerial position as Minister for Human Resources.
After the 12th Malaysian general election in March 2008, there was speculation that Riot would defect to the opposition People's Justice Party (PKR); however, Riot denied the speculation and the move did not materialised.
In September 2017, Riot was engulfed in a corruption allegation after RM40 million was found to be missing from the Skills Development Fund Corporation (SDFC) under the Ministry of Human Resources which he helmed as its minister. Among those arrested by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) included his political secretary. Riot himself was called in by the MACC and questioned for 10 hours.