Just like his father Musa, Yamani has gone missing

Yamani Hafez Musa.

KOTA KINABALU: Sabah Umno Youth is in the dark about the whereabouts of its chief Yamani Hafez Musa (pic).

The Sipitang MP was last seen a day after GE14 before the swearing- in of his father Tan Sri Musa Aman as chief minister on May 10.

Musa was initially sworn in as chief minister by the Yang di-Pertua Negeri on May 10, but lost his majority in less than 48 hours. Parti Warisan Sabah president Datuk Seri Mohd Shafie Apdal was sworn in on May 12.

Questions about Yama-ni’s whereabouts were raised when he did not turn up for the swearing-in ceremony at Parliament on Monday.

Sabah Umno Youth secretary Bahrin Abdul Karim confirmed they did not know where Yamani was.

“The last I saw him was before the swearing-in ceremony on May 10. We had breakfast together,” he said when contacted.

He said Yamani had also not turned up during the party polls, and did not defend his posts as Sipitang division chief or for Sabah Umno Youth chief.

Bahrin said other members last heard from Yamani sometime around June 24, a week before their party polls.

He said Yamani could be with his father in London at the moment.

“But we are not sure, we are also getting this (information) from news reports,” he said.

The state Umno Youth post is expected to be announced soon by the national Youth chief.

Meanwhile, legal sources said Musa has until Sept 11 to turn up at the Sabah legislative assembly or face the possibility of losing his Sungai Sibuga state seat.

They said Musa, who remains at large and is wanted by police for a criminal intimidation probe, has to take his seat within three months from the first sitting of the assembly on June 11.

Musa, who has not been seen since leaving Malaysia on May 17, is being sought by police over allegations of criminal intimidation against the Governor during the May 10 swearing-in ceremony and also by graft investigators over allegations of buying over assemblymen. -Star