Lawyer agrees to pay seven buffaloes for insulting native pageant

Case closed: Jeffrey (seated right) signing an agreement with Jude (seated left) at the KDCA office in Penampang, Sabah.

KOTA KINABALU: A lawyer who allegedly insulted a native beauty pageant (Unduk Ngadau) by comparing it to a cattle show has agreed to pay a “sogit” (fine/compensation) of seven buffaloes after a deal was struck with local native leaders.

The Kadazandusun Cultural Association (KDCA) has reached an agreement with Marcel Jude Joseph to resolve the issue of his alleged insult of the ethnic Kadazandusun, Murut and Rungus (KDMR) communities during a court hearing in June for his client, Philip Among.