Sexual assault allegation shines spotlight on pageant


KOTA KINABALU: A controversy is brewing over the just-concluded Unduk Ngadau (Harvest Queen) cultural pageant when one of the beauty contestants alleged that she was sexually molested by a politician.

Sabah police commissioner Datuk Hazani Ghazali said they were looking into the report.

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