KOTA KINABALU, Sept. 6 -- Whether Pakatan Harapan (PH) allies with Barisan Nasional (BN) or Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) for the coming state elections can be seen as a positive development for PH and Democratic Action Party (DAP), said DAP Sabah chairman Datuk Phoong Jin Zhe.

Phoong said this when asked to comment on the announcement by BN chairman Dato Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi that BN and United Malays National Organisation (Umno) will only work with PH and not GRS in the election.

"When we look at the whole situation, we are looking at the macro perspective - it can be seen as a positive thing for DAP and PH.

"There are many different forms of political cooperations, not solely to the extent of political pacts," he said when officiati...