40% revenue rights: Hundreds turn up to show support on day of crucial hearing


KOTA KINABALU: Sabah leaders from both sides of the political divide were among hundreds of people at the Kota Kinabalu Court Complex here awaiting the outcome of a crucial court hearing that may compel Putrajaya to carry out its constitutional obligation of paying 40% revenue entitlement to the state.

Former chief ministers Tan Sri Joseph Pairin Kitingan, Datuk Seri Mohd Shafie Apdal and Datuk Seri Yong Teck Lee as well as former Dewan Rakyat speaker Tan Sri Pandikar Amin Mulia and former deputy chief minister Datuk Seri Wilfred Madius Tangau were among those seen arriving before the case was to be heard by the Court of Appeal beginning at 9am on Thursday (May 16).

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