Musa Aman, three Sabah BN party presidents defend seats in GE14

KOTA KINABALU: Sabah Chief Minister Tan Sri Musa Aman of Umno and the presidents of the four other Barisan Nasional component parties in Sabah except Tan Sri Joseph Kurup are defending their seats in the 14th general election, polling for which is on May 9.
Kurup, who is PBRS president, is not seeking re-election. He is making way for his son, Arthur Joseph Kurup, to contest the Pensiangan parliamentary seat he held in the 13th Parliament.
Also, PBS president Tan Sri Joseph Pairin Kitingan is defending only the state seat of Tambunan and not the parliamentary seat of Keningau which will be contested by PBS vice-president Datuk Daniel Kinsik.
Musa, who is Sabah BN and Sabah Umno Liaison Committee chairman, will defend the Sungai Sibuga state seat. UPKO president and Science, Technology and Innovation Minister Datuk Seri Wilfred Madius Tangau will defend the Tuaran parliamentary seat and LDP president and Sabah Special Functions Minister Datuk Teo Chee Kang will defend the Tanjong Kapor state seat.
Communications and Multimedia Minister Datuk Seri Dr Salleh Said Keruak will contest the Kota Belud parliamentary seat last held by Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Datuk Seri Abdul Rahman Dahlan who will now contest the Sepanggar parliamentary seat.
Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Anifah Aman and Energy, Green Technology and Water Minister Datuk Seri Dr Maximus Ongkili will defend their respective parliamentary seats of Kimanis and Kota Marudu.
Musa announced the names of the GE14 candidates at the Umno Building here.
Deputy Works Minister Datuk Rosnah Abdul Rashid Shirlin; Deputy Women, Family and Community Development Minister Datuk Azizah Mohd Dun; Deputy Plantation Industries and Commodities Minister Datuk Datu Nasrun Datu Mansur and Deputy Higher Education Minister Datuk Mary Yap Kain Ching are defending their Papar, Beaufort, Silam and Tawau parliamentary seats, respectively.
The others defending their parliamentary seats are Datuk Abdul Rahim Bakri (Kudat); Datuk Dr Marcus Mojigoh (Putatan); Datuk Dr Ewon Emin (Ranau); Dewan Rakyat Deputy Speaker Datuk Dr Ronald Kiandee (Beluran); Datuk Mohd Zakaria Edris (Libaran).
Datin Linda Tsen Thau Lin (Batu Sapi); Datuk Bung Moktar Radin (Kinabatangan) and Datuk Seri Abdul Ghapur Salleh (Kalabakan).
Sabah BN is fielding new faces in four parliamentary seats, namely Datuk Joseph Lee (Kota Kinabalu, last held by DAP), Caesar Mandela Malakun (Penampang, last held by Warisan), Arthur Joseph Kurup (Pensiangan, last held by his father Joseph Kurup) and Yamani Hafez Musa (Sipitang). Sipitang was last held by Datuk Sapawi Ahmad of Umno who will contest the state seat of Sindumin. — Bernama