Sabah’s 40% revenue rights: State maintains stand on legal and constitutional obligations

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KOTA KINABALU: Sabah maintains its official demand that the federal government meet its legal and constitutional obligations concerning the 40% special grant irrespective of the outcome in the Court of Appeal, said the state Attorney General.

In a statement issued Sunday (May 19), Datuk Nor Asiah Mohd Yusof (pic) said this financial entitlement, rooted in the pre-formation negotiations of Malaysia and enshrined in the Federal Constitution, was a non-negotiable right of Sabah.