KOTA KINABALU, Oct 8 — Former chief minister Datuk Yong Teck Lee has advised Sabah Democratic Action Party (DAP) leaders to gratefully accept the state awards without having to...
Yang Dipertua Negeri Sabah Tun Juhar Mahiruddin confers the Panglima Gemilang Darjah Kinabalu that carries the title ‘Datuk’ to Deputy Agriculture and Food Security Minister Chan Foong Hin in conjunction with former’s birthday celebration in Kota Kinabalu October 7, 2023. — Bernama picKOTA KINABALU, Oct 8 — Former chief minister Datuk Yong Teck Lee has advised Sabah Democratic Action Party leaders to gratefully accept the state awards without having to bother what their Malaya masters think.
“If they were truly unable to accept the awards for whatever reasons, then all they needed to do was to courteously explain to the Chief Minister and TYT that they do not mean to be disrespectful to the TYT or ungrateful to the Chief Minister,” Yong said in a statement today. Yong was commenting on the statement by Chan, who is DAP Sabah Policy Bureau chief, that he accepted the Datukship title out of respect for the Yang di-Pertua Negeri Tun Juhar Mahiruddin and the Sabah government.
“At a certain point, Phoong and I had thought about withdrawing, but eventually our names were gazetted.
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