Sabah no longer a ‘fixed deposit’ in election for Malaysia’s Najib, says party rebel

Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak can no longer count on the state of Sabah on the island of Borneo as a "fixed deposit" for his ruling coalition, a senior defector said, just days before the country goes to the polls. Shafie Apda, leader of Parti Warisan Sabah speaks at a campaign stop in Kimanis, a largely agrarian district about 60 kilometres southwest, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia May 5, 2018.

‘Panel on M’sia Agreement should not be an eyewash’

Labuan: The panel set up by the Federal Government to identify is sues of non-compliance to the terms in the Malaysia Agreement 1963, which bestows special rights to Sabah and Sarawak, should set a date on when its findings will be completed and whether its recommendations will be implemented without delay. "Such declarations will help avoid adverse public perceptions that the new committee is not an eyewash that would end up with no outcome like several other panels or committees formed before to study various issues affecting Sabah," he said.