Lajim remains as Opposition whip until end of term

KOTA KINABALU, April 10 — Parti Harapan Rakyat Sabah (Harapan Rakyat) president Datuk Seri Lajim Ukin remains as Opposition whip in the Sabah State Legislative Assembly until the end of term, as decided by Speaker Datuk Syed Abas Syed Ali.

Syed Abas said he made the decision after studying the objections received from opposition assemblymen on the position of opposition whip.

Before today’s proceeding began, Syed Abas also called on all the assemblymen present to observe a minute’s silence in remembrance of Tungku assemblyman Datuk Mohd Suhaili Said who passed away on March 24.

“His demise is a big loss to the state as he was also known as a religious figure,” he said.

Mohd Suhaili, 56, died at Gleneagles Hospital in Jalan Ampang, Kuala Lumpur, from liver cancer. — Bernama