A big reality slap


SOME Parti Warisan Sabah leaders expressed surprise when Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad announced last week that his Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia would enter Sabah.

They should not have been takajut (Sabah slang for surprise). They should have known about the compromise their president Datuk Seri Mohd Shafie Apdal had to make soon after five MPs, nine assemblymen and two Senators quit Sabah Umno to be independent last December.

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