Keadilans Likas candidate tells Yong to vacate seats
Former Sabah chief minister Yong Teck Lee should vacate his Gaya parliamentary and Likas state seats since the Federal Court has dismissed his appeal against a judgment which found him guilty of breaching the Election Offences Act, said a Keadilan leader today.
"The judgment yesterday has proved that Yong was guilty as charged and he should not have been allowed to stand for the by-election. From a legal viewpoint, he should abide by the court decision," said Christina Liew when contacted.
The Sabah Keadilan deputy chairperson had contested against Yong for the Likas state seat when a by-election was held last year after the former chief minister was found guilty.
However, Yong managed to stand in the by-election and subsequently win the seat after the Kota Kinabalu High Court allowed his application for a stay of execution.
"It (the Likas by-election last year) was such a waste of public fund, assuming that we are going to hold any fresh by-election again," said Liew who is a practising lawyer.
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