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SABAH is seeing a total of 596 candidates contesting for seats in the 73 constituencies in the upcoming state election. Election Commission chairman Ramlan Harun said of this number, 74 are independents, 73 are from Parti Warisan, 72 from Parti …

SABAH Umno deputy chief Abdul Rahman Dahlan has withdrawn as Barisan Nasional’s candidate for the Tempasuk seat, just three days after being announced as a candidate for the Nov 29 state election. Rahman said he wanted to make way for …

UMNO president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi has denied talk that he invited former Umno Youth Chief Khairy Jamaluddin to rejoin the party. According to Sinar Harian, Ahmad Zahid said his recent meeting with Khairy at a wedding was coincidental and did …

BARISAN Nasional has welcomed the federal government’s decision not to appeal the High Court ruling last month upholding Sabah’s constitutional entitlement to 40% of federal revenue collected from the state. BN chairman Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said the decision not to …

SABAH Barisan will contest 41 of the 73 seats with its chairman Datuk Seri Bung Moktar Radin set to lead the coalition to “win back” the state government they lost in the 2018 general election. Bung Moktar, who declared “an …

ALLOWING Khairy Jamaluddin back into Umno may be less about reconciliation and more about political survival for both the former health minister and the party, analysts say. Syaza Shukri of the International Islamic University Malaysia said Khairy has few realistic …

SABAH Barisan Nasional (BN) today announced that it will contest four additional seats in the upcoming 17th Sabah state election, bringing the total number of seats it will contest to 45. Sabah BN chairman Datuk Seri Bung Moktar Radin described …

KHAIRY Jamaluddin has attended an Umno Youth event last Friday (Nov 7). The event dubbed the "Nasional Roundtable Discussion 1.0", was organised by the party's youth wing chief Datuk Dr Muhamad Akmal Saleh at Menara Dato' Onn. The former Umno …

UMNO Youth chief Dr Muhamad Akmal Saleh has criticised Housing and Local Government Minister Nga Kor Ming for failing to uphold the very principle of media freedom he once championed while in the opposition. "The person who used to fiercely …