Sabah's leading opposition figure Dr Jeffrey Kitingan this afternoon lodged a police report against Chief Minister Musa Aman for alleged abuse of power, corruption and money-laundering.

He was accompanied by a leading non-government organisation leader Patrick Sindu to lodge the report at the Karamunsing police station in Kota Kinabalu.

In the report, Parti Keadilan Rakyat state deputy liaison chief Jeffrey claimed that Musa has been abusing his power since becoming the state finance minister in 2003. Musa was appointed chief minister in 2004.

Jeffrey's brother Joseph Kitingan is the Sabah deputy chief minister and Parti Bersatu Sabah (PBS) leader.

Jeffrey substantiated his report by giving evidence to support his claims that Musa had allegedly abused his positions both as finance minister and the chief minister in the state with the awards of several big projects.

Citing some examples, Jeffrey referred to the privatisation of the RM450 million water projects in Sandakan, the RM1 billion shopping complex project in Kota Kinabalu and the awards of the RM200 million annual maintenance of public roads in Sabah.

He alleged that Musa had been running the government like his own business and this had resulted in a big loss to the state and its people.

Ready for polls

Meanwhile, Jeffrey told malaysiakini that indications are that the general election may be held between this May and next April. He added PKR was ready to face the elections.

He said the party would field candidates in all seats except in those seats to be contested by other opposition parties like DAP and Pasok in order to avoid fighting each other.

Jeffrey said the electorate was fed up with the ruling coalition Barisan Nasional in Sabah and there were many issues both in the urban and rural areas working against the BN now.