Lasimbang to defend Kapayan seat amid aide’s defection


KOTA KINABALU: Sabah DAP vice-chairman Jannie Lasimbang is set to defend her Kapayan seat after grassroots leader Cyril Liew quit the party to contest as an independent in the upcoming state elections.

Lasimbang, 63, had in April last year indicated her readiness to step aside for younger leaders, but said the party leadership has encouraged her to stay on.

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