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UPDATED 11.36AM | Court dismisses judicial review application by former CM and 32 others on governor's dissolution.

UPDATED 10.10PM | The suit could potentially stop the Sabah state election, which has been fixed on Sept 26.

Ex-CM claims that the Warisan-led Sabah govt helmed by Shafie Apdal had failed to develop the state.

Former minister Anifah Aman says his brother's time has passed.

UPDATED 2.28PM | Chief Minister Shafie Apdal announced on July 30 that he had the governor's consent for the dissolution of the assembly.

Ex-CM and 32 assemblypersons have filed a legal challenge naming the governor and Shafie Apdal as the first two respondents.

The governor's private secretary says allegations on the matter were 'untrue and baseless'.

Phoong says the effort to get assemblypersons to defect intensified when the Warisan leader was nominated as PM candidate.

This after claims that Musa will be dropped as a candidate in the upcoming Sabah snap polls.

A clean sweep is challenging as new parties and independent candidates will likely split the votes - analysts.

In 1994, defections in Sabah led to the fall of a state govt for the first time in Malaysian politics. It was not the last.

UPDATED 4.39PM | He maintains that he has 33 state assemblypersons, enough to form a simple majority and form the state government.

The incumbent chief minister says the matter is moot now that the state government is to be dissolved.

Malaysiakini brings you the latest updates on the upheaval in Sabah politics.

The meeting came after former chief minister Musa Aman said he purportedly obtained enough support to form the state govt.

The PKR president reaffirms the support from his party and Harapan for Shafie.