Upko fires Abidin Madingkir following failed Sabah coup

KOTA KINABALU: United Progressive Kinabalu Organisation (Upko) has sacked its vice-president and Paginatan assemblyman, Datuk Abidin Madingkir.

KOTA KINABALU: United Progressive Kinabalu Organisation has sacked its vice-president and Paginatan assemblyman, Datuk Abidin MadingkirThe decision was made by the party's supreme council members during a meeting on Thursday night following Abidin's involvement with ex-chief minister Tan Sri Musa Aman in the attempt to overthrow the state government of Sabah.Abidin was among a number of assemblymen who defected and threw support behind Musa.

However, their attempts to form a new state government failed when Sabah Chief Minister Datuk Seri Mohd Shafie Apdal announced the dissolution of the state assembly on Thursday . The sacking by Upko comes after Sabah PKR and Sabah DAP on Thursday sacked their assemblymen Kenny Chua and Ronnie Loh respectively for joining Musa's camp.

It is understood that another 10 assemblymen from Parti Warisan Sabah who defected also lost their membership automatically under the party's constitution.

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