MP SPEAKS | The Kadazan Dusun Murut (KDM) community made history in the Sabah state election as for the first time in the history of the state they have two deputy chief ministers – Star president Jeffrey Kitingan and PBS vice-president Joachim Gunsalam.

Whether this is good only for Kitingan and Gunsalam or also good for the million-strong KDM community, only time will tell.

But it has not been a good start for the KDM community.

This is why DAP’s Kepayan assembly person Jannie Lasimbang had cried foul over the dismissal of Sabah community leaders and said that the termination of the services of native chiefs would cripple the Native Court system.

The dismissal was based on...