Sabah Chief Minister Datuk Seri Mohd Shafie Apdal. – Bernama
KOTA KINABALU: Chief Minister Datuk Seri Mohd Shafie Apdal (pic) slammed the Opposition for playing the race and religion card on the appointment of Tan Sri Richard Malanjum as Chief Justice of Malaysia.
“Can’t a Malaysian from Sabah be appointed to the position of Chief Justice based on meritocracy?” he asked, in reference to certain groups in the peninsula who questioned the appointment of the first East Malaysian native to head the post.
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