BN to lodge police report over Christmas lucky draw in Kimanis

KIMANIS POLLS | BN will be lodging a police report over an alleged breach of election laws on the first day of campaigning for the Kimanis parliamentary polls.

BN deputy president Mohamad Hasan (above) said he will personally instruct the party's operations centre to lodge a report over the alleged misconduct linked to a Christmas celebration organised by NGO Kadazan Dusun Murut Malaysia and attended by Sabah Chief Minister Shafie Apdal.

According to a tentative of the programme held at Membakut town after nominations for the Kimanis polls, there was a lucky draw session at the end of the night that offered prizes including a motorcycle.

"This is clearly a breach of election laws. It is wrong because the by-election is ongoing in Kimanis, but maybe because they know no actions will be taken so these kinds of acts are rampant.

"For them, all of those acts are acceptable because they feel that they are above the law," claimed Mohamad when met on the campaign trail last night.

Kadazandusuns make up 28 percent of the 29,664 registered voters in Kimanis, a predominantly Muslim Bumiputera seat.

The by-election was called after the Federal Court on Dec 2 last year upheld an Election Court ruling that nullified for minister Anifah Aman's 2018 victory for the Kimanis parliamentary seat.