The Sabah government has cancelled the state-level ‘Ambang Merdeka’ (Merdeka Eve) celebration scheduled for Aug 30 at Lintasan Deasoka in Kota Kinabalu.

The secretary of the 2014 State-Level National Day Celebration Main Committee, Ujang Sulani, said today the state cabinet decided at its meeting on Aug 13 to call off the celebration as a mark of respect for the victims of the Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 tragedy.

“All preparations for the event have ceased and any commitment of expenditure has been averted,” he said in a statement.

- Bernama