Datuk Robert Lau Hoi Chiew (Sinanci mai sauƙi; Sinanci na: 15 ga watan Satumbar shekarar 1942 - 9 ga Afrilu 2010) ɗan siyasan kasar Malaysia ne. Ya wakilci Sibu a majalissar dokokin Malaysia daga shekarar ta 1990 har zuwa mutuwarsa a shekarar ta 2010, kuma ya yi aiki a matsayin Mataimakin Ministan Sufuri daga watan Afrilun shekarar 2009 har zuwa mutuyarsa. Lau ya kuma kasance mataimakin shugaban jam'iyyar Sarawak United Peoples' Party (SUPP).[1][2]
Tarihi
Lau an haife shi ne a cikin iyali matalauta kuma mahaifiyarsa ta mutu lokacin da yake dan shekara uku. Ya yi karatu a Kwalejin St Michael, Adelaide kuma ya yi karatun lissafi a Cibiyar Fasaha ta Kudancin Australia (yanzu Jami'ar Kudancin Ostiraliya). A Ostiraliya ya sadu da matarsa, Kapitan Dato 'Janet Lau Ung Hie. Yana da 'ya'ya uku tare da matarsa; Alvin Lau Lee Ren (babban ɗa), Tammy Lau Lee Teng (ɗan kawai) da Pierre Lau Lee Wui (ɗan ƙarami).[3]
Ya fara aikinsa na siyasa a shekarar 1983 lokacin da ya shiga jam'iyyar SUPP. Ya fara takara a zaben majalisar dokoki a babban zaben kasar Malaysia na shekarar ta 1990, inda ya lashe kujerar Sibu a kan dan takarar jam'iyyar Democratic Action Party da rinjaye na kuri'u guda 2,008. Ya kare kujerar a wasu zabuka hudu har zuwa shekara ta 2008.
Mutuwa
Lau ya mutu daga ciwon daji (cholangiocarcinoma) a gidansa a Kuala Lumpur a ranar 9 ga watan Afrilun shekarar 2010. Rashinsa ya isa Sibu da dare a wannan rana kuma an gudanar da jana'izarsa kwana biyu bayan haka a ranar 11 ga watan Afrilun shekarar 2010.[4] jana'izar ta fara ne da procession a kusa da tsakiyar garin Sibu sannan kuma wani taro a cocin Katolika na St. Theresa a unguwar Sungai Merah. Daga baya aka binne jikinsa a filin tunawa da Nirvana a titin Oya, a waje da garin.[5]