Sabah Umno chief Bung Moktar Radin couldn’t resist a jab at his political nemesis, Chief Minister Hajiji Noor, as the countdown to the state polls coincides with a mining scandal that keeps digging up fresh dirt.

This came after news portal MalaysiaNow published an audio clip allegedly featuring Hajiji stressing the need to approve a coal mining exploration licence for a company linked to Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s former political aide, Farhash Wafa Salvador.