SIPITANG, Nov. 19 -- Parti Solidariti Tanah Airku (Star) Sabah President Datuk Jeffrey Kitingan said the party is determined to reclaim Sabah's political power and restore the State's full autonomy, which he claims, gradually slipped away over the years.

Kitingan said Star seeks real change for Sabah to regain control over its political direction.

"Every time we sing Sabah Tanah Airku, we proudly declare that Sabah is a free and independent state. But are we truly free? Where is our independence now? Slowly, our political power has slipped from our hands," he said.

Kitingan recalled how Sabah's autonomy began to erode following the fall of Berjaya in 1985, when the then-newly elected PBS government faced resistance from the Federal lev...