Past Sabah leaders partly to blame for non-payment of 40% revenue share, says Kitingan


KOTA KINABALU: Datuk Seri Dr Jeffrey Kitingan has admitted that Sabah leaders of the past were partially to blame for the non-payment of the state's 40% net revenue share as provided for in the Federal Constitution.

The backbencher Tambunan assemblyman and former deputy chief minister said that some leaders were either afraid of the now-repealed Internal Security Act 1960 (ISA) or too busy protecting their political interests.

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