
A Sabah MCA leader wants federal leaders to stop treating the state as a “chessboard” lest it scuttles Barisan Nasional (BN) and Pakatan Harapan’s (PH) chances at the coming polls.
Pamela Yong, chief of the party’s women’s wing in Sabah, said these leaders should not make such pronouncements “from an ivory tower, far removed from the nuances of local political dynamics”.
“It is crucial for them to understand realities on the ground. Otherwise we’ll be walking into the opposition’s trap,” she told FMT.
Yong was responding to a claim by Umno supreme council member Ahmad Maslan that BN would contest the rural seats in Sabah while PH focuses on the urban areas.
She pointed out that unity isn’t declared from a press conference but built through “honest negotiation and mutual respect on the…