PSB man files petition to overturn general election defeat


Desmond Davidson

Johnichal Rayong Ngipa (L) and his colleagues take a last look at his petition before its submission at the Kuching court registry. The defeated Parti Sarawak Bersatu candidate for the Lubang Antu seat is challenging the result of the contest. – January 3, 2023.

Johnichal Rayong Ngipa, the defeated Parti Sarawak Bersatu (PSB) candidate for the Lubok Antu parliamentary seat in the recent general election, is challenging the result of the contest in court. 

In his petition, which was filed in Kuching this afternoon, Rayong, who lost by just 100 votes to Gabungan Parti Sarawak’s Roy Angau Gingkoi in a four-way fight for the Dayak-majority seat, gave three grounds to support his petition. 


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