Liew, Sazalye among PKR leaders ousted in Sabah divisional polls

Summary

• PKR divisional polls in Sabah see voters axing several prominent party leaders.

• Among them are state minister Christina Liew, Sabah PKR vice-chief Raymond Ahuar, and state PKR secretary Sazalye Donol Abdullah.

Several prominent PKR leaders in Sabah have been ousted in the party's divisional polls.

They include state Tourism, Culture and Environment Minister Christina Liew, who lost her Kota Kinabalu division chief post to contender Lee Li Mei.

Based on official results posted on the PKR elections website, Lee had bagged 1,381 votes to secure a slim victory against Liew's 1,157.

In Kota Marudu, Sabah PKR secretary Sazalye Donol Abdullah lost the division chief position after he came in third in a four-way contest.

Outgoing Kota Marudu PKR Youth chief Zaidi Jatil took the seat with 1,031 votes. Zaidi is also the Sabah PKR Youth chief.

Another contender, Jolius Majawai, came in second with 648 votes, followed by Sazalye (above, right) with 512 and Jasmon Jaji (182).

State PKR vice-chief Raymond Ahuar also failed to defend his Pensiangan PKR division chief post.

Rufinah Pengeran defeated him by a landslide win after scoring 2,694 votes against Raymond’s 823 and third contender Danny Anthony Andipai (81).

Rufinah is the wife of former Sabah PKR chairperson Sangkar Rasam, who also won big in the Keningau division chief race.

Sangkar, who is on the PKR central leadership council, retained his position in the Keningau division after scoring 1,720 votes, way ahead of his brother Antakor, who received 295 votes in the straight fight.

Sabah PKR chief Mustapha Sakmud successfully retained his Kota Belud division chief seat after defeating two contenders.

The Sepanggar MP and deputy higher education minister also enjoyed a landslide win with 1,405 votes against Madeli @ Modily Bangali (100) and Azhrie Jenaim (67).

As of 10am, the official results for 24 out of 25 PKR divisional polls have been released, with the Semporna division expected to be announced soon after the auditing process.

Tampering claim

The race for the Silam division chief position was hit with a tampering allegation in its online polling process.

According to news reports, one of the candidates lodged a police report yesterday after his name was allegedly marked as “withdrawn” for a while during the polls.

Syafiq Iqhmal Saharudin lodged the report at the Lahad Datu district police headquarters.

In Tawau, a candidate bearing the same name as former attorney-general Tommy Thomas came in third in the race for the division chief post after receiving 424 votes.

Tommy lost to Fung Thin Yein (591) and Apas Muslihat (470), while a fourth contender, Raymond Sung (347).

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