KOTA KINABALU, Sept. 6 -- Sabah Umno chairman Datuk Seri Bung Moktar Radin dismissed accusations that "Langkah Kinabalu" was an act of betrayal.

"'Langkah Kinabalu' is not betrayal, but a dignified effort because we have seen for ourselves how Hajiji Noor's leadership has failed, is fragile, and lacks integrity," he stressed and accused Chief Minister Datuk Seri Hajiji Noor of misleading Umno from the very beginning, citing his own experience during the formation of the state cabinet.

"Do not point fingers at Umno. The real betrayal began on the first day the Sabah Cabinet was sworn in at Istana Negeri, when Hajiji deceived me about a ministerial portfolio by changing the agreed position to another without the knowledge of Sabah Umno. H...