KUALA LUMPUR, Nov. 9 -- Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) has hit back at Parti Warisan, accusing it of being "a nest of defecting leaders" after the latter labelled GRS a "party of defectors".

In a video posted on social media last night, GRS secretary-general Datuk Armizan Mohd Ali as saying those making such accusations should first reflect on their own record.

"When pointing fingers at GRS, I think those who make such remarks - including veteran politicians - should look at themselves. Have they never switched parties, or is their party so pure that it has never accepted defectors from elsewhere?

"There's no need to elaborate further. If they once accused GRS of being a party of defectors, then their party, particularly Warisan, has now ...