Parti Bersatu Rakyat Sabah or PBRS (United Sabah People's Party) is a minor political party

Political party

A political party is a political organization that typically seeks to influence government policy, usually by nominating their own candidates and trying to seat them in political office. Parties participate in electoral campaigns, educational outreach or protest actions...

 based in Sabah

Sabah

Sabah is one of 13 member states of Malaysia. It is located on the northern portion of the island of Borneo. It is the second largest state in the country after Sarawak, which it borders on its southwest. It also shares a border with the province of East Kalimantan of Indonesia in the south...

, east Malaysia. It was formed by disaffected members of the Parti Bersatu Sabah

Parti Bersatu Sabah

The Parti Bersatu Sabah is a political party in Sabah, east Malaysia. It was registered as a political party on March 5, 1985...

 (PBS) on 11 March 1994. On 10 June 1994, it was officially accepted as one of the component parties in the ruling Barisan Nasional

Barisan Nasional

Barisan Nasional is a major political coalition in Malaysia, formed in 1973 as the successor to the Alliance . Along with its predecessor, it has been Malaysia's federal ruling political force since independence...

(BN) coalition. Currently, it is led by President, Tan Sri Datuk Seri Panglima Joseph Kurup, Member of Parliament for Pensiangan (P.182). He is also the Deputy Minister of Natural Resources and Environment, Malaysia (www.nre.gov.my).