The Sabah MIC has chided Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) deputy president Chin Su Phin for stating that LDP could no longer work with the chief minister, but would continue to cooperate with Umno and the BN national leadership.

Its chairman, V Jothi, said Chin's public statement was tantamount to humiliating Chief Minister and state BN chairman Musa Aman.

He said it showed disrespect to the state BN chair entrusted to Musa by Prime Minister Najib Razak, who is also national BN chairman.

In a statement in Kota Kinabalu today, Jothi said that despite being one of the smaller parties in the state BN coalition, the chief minister had given LDP a big role to play in the state government.

He said Musa did this by appointing LDP's three assemblymen as deputy chief minister, assistant minister and Sabah Credit Corporation chairman.

Jothi said the state MIC would continue to give its unwavering support to Musa as he had proven to be an effective leader.

This, he noted, was evident from the rapid development in Sabah and the state's sound financial position with about RM3 billion in its reserves.

- Bernama