KOTA KINABALU, Nov. 15 -- DAP Senator Noorita Sual is running for the Kemabong seat in the Sabah polls as speculated the past week, setting up a clash with senior Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) leader Rubin Balang and a Barisan Nasional (BN) candidate.

Noorita confirmed her candidacy for Pakatan Harapan (PH) in a Facebook post past midnight, with DAP deputy secretary-general Hannah Yeoh to accompany her at the nomination centre later this morning.

"This is not just a candidate nomination but a call for all children of Kemabong to rise, unite and dare to vote for change," the former Tenom MP said in the post.

Rubin, vice-president of Parti Gagasan Rakyat Sabah, was Kemabong assemblyman for five terms, from 1994 to 2018, when he was with BN...