What lies beneath

In the works: Stopping on the road from Kota Kinabalu to Kudat to view a common sight, of road works as the road is patched again. -- Photos: PHILIP GOLINGAI/The Star

TWO Saturdays ago, I travelled beyond my Kota Kinabalu bubble to engage in some political tourism up north in Sabah. It is an election year in my home state, and I wanted to get a feel for the politics of seats in the Kudat and Kota Marudu parliamentary constituencies. Nothing beats going on the ground to get a real picture.

Sitting at a coffee shop and chatting with locals in Kota Marudu town to get the political pulse in the surrounding state constituencies, I’m told which prominent families control the seven state seats up north.