Poon says two defecting DAP reps left to beat Anti-Hopping law, wants them to quit seats


KOTA KINABALU: Beleaguered Sabah DAP chief Frankie Poon hits back at his detractors, saying the two who left the party gave "unsavory" excuses because they wanted to leave ahead of next month's Anti Hopping Bill to be tabled in parliament.

Poon, whose alleged autocratic leadership was blamed for the reason they quit on Thursday (Jan 20), said that the two assemblymen had abused the political mandate of the people by resigning to be an independent assemblymen, or subsequently join another political party.

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