SAPP names six candidates for Sabah election

SAPP president Datuk Seri Yong Teck Lee announcing the candidates with the Supreme Council at SAPP headquarters in Kota Kinabalu.

KOTA KINABALU: Sabah Progressive Party (SAPP) will field six candidates, including three new faces, to contest in the Nov 29 Sabah election.

The party youth vice chairman, Yong Yit Jee, a 38-year-old lawyer, will contest the Likas seat; 52-year-old businessman cum social worker Gee Tien Siong will contest Luyang; and businesswoman cum social activist Yvonne Yong Yit Phung, 40, will contest the Segama seat in Lahad Datu.

The party will field deputy president Datuk Edward Dagul, 59, for the Limbahau seat in Papar, deputy president cum treasurer Datuk Japiril Suhaimi, 62, in Kundasang and retired school principal Liew Yun Ye, 57, for the Tg Papat seat.

The party’s supreme council, chaired by its president Datuk Seri Yong Teck Lee, endorsed and announced the six candidates for the election during its meeting.

SAPP secretary general Datuk Richard Yong We Kong handing over nomination forms and Watikah Calun (Candidate Instruments) to the six candidates-from left Yong Yit Jee, Gee Tien Siong, Edward Dagul, Richard Yong, Japril Suhaimin, Yvonne Yong Yit Phung,andLiew Yun Ye.

SAPP, together with Sabah STAR, led by Datuk Seri Jeffrey Kitingan, left Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) on Oct 1 after going against the local coalition’s move to team up with national Pakatan Harapan.

SAPP and STAR are expected to work together under a loose coalition, Gabungan Bersama Sabah (GBS).

According to the party’s official statement, SAPP's culture of discipline and good organisation made it the first political party to announce candidates.