Upko praises doubling of special payment to Sabah


KOTA KINABALU: Parti Upko hailed the Federal Government's move to double the interim special payment from the current RM300mil to RM600mil next year as a recognition of Sabah's 40% revenue rights claim.

Upko president Datuk Ewon Benedick said the party appreciated Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim's decision to increase the payment amid ongoing talks for the return of 40% federal revenue earned from Sabah.

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