WORSE THAN EXPECTED – SABAH UMNO HOLLOWED OUT: 5 MPs INCLUDING MUSA AMAN’S SON, 9 STATE REPS QUIT UMNO – WHILE PBRS’ PENSIANGAN MP JOSEPH KURUP ALSO QUITS BN

KOTA KINABALU: Five members of parliament and nine state assemblymen from Sabah have announced their departure from Umno effective today.

The MPs are Datuk Azizah Mohd Dun (Beaufort), Datuk Abdul Rahim Bakri (Kudat), Datuk Seri Ronald Kiandee (Beluran), Datuk Zakaria Idris (Libaran) and Yamani Hafez Musa (Sipitang).

Kinabatangan MP Datuk Bung Mokhtar Radin, and former chief minister and Sungai Sibuga assemblyman Tan Sri Musa Aman have not announced whether they will stay or leave Umno.

All Sabah Umno division leaders except those from Tenom, Sepanggar and Kalabakan have also left the party.

Meanwhile, PBRS deputy president and Pensiangan MP Arthur Joseph Kurup today announced his decision to leave Barisan Nasional.

NST