Sabah MCA hopes for bigger share of seats in state polls
BY JULIA CHAN
Sabah MCA chairman Lu Yen Tung said that with the addition of 13 new state seats, he hopes to get more than two seats this time. But with the exit of the Liberal Democratic Party from BN, there will be more Chinese seats to be distributed that could also be contested by allies Parti Bersatu Sabah.
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