Fight to elevate Sabah’s native court continues, says Ewon Benedick

Benedick speaking to participants of the state native customary laws literacy seminar in Kota Belud on Saturday (Sept 30).

KOTA KINABALU: Upko will continue the fight to elevate Sabah’s native court to be on equal footing with the civil and syariah courts, says its president Datuk Ewon Benedick.

He said the state has all these three court systems but the native court, which presides over matters involving customary rights and practices of the state’s Kadazandusun Murut Rungus (KDMR) community, was considered as the lesser compared to the other two.