THE United Progressive Kinabalu Organisation (Upko), a component party of Pakatan Harapan (PH), will contest five parliamentary seats in Sabah in the 2022 general election, its president Wilfred Madius Tangau said.

The four-term incumbent Tuaran MP said he would be defending the seat, while vice-president Ewon Benedick, the Kadamaian state assemblyman, would be standing in Penampang, deputy information chief Rowindy Lawrence in Kimanis, Youth chief Felix Joseph Saang in Beluran, and deputy secretary-general Dr Peter Jr Naintin in Libaran.

“We decided on this (seats and candidates) after a long process of discussion,” he told a media conference at the Upko headquarters in Kota Kinabalu today.

Asked on speculation that incumbent Kota Marudu MP and Parti Bersatu Sabah president Dr Maximus Ongkili might move to contest in Tuaran, Tangau said in the spirit of democracy he was prepared to face any challengers. – Bernama, October 31, 2022.