KOTA KINABALU, March 10 -- The absence of top Sabah Umno leaders in the new federal Cabinet line-up has caused some unhappiness within the party, with chapter chief Datuk Bung Moktar Radin confirming the matter.

Bung Moktar said he was hoping that at least newly-elected Kimanis MP Datuk Mohamad Alamin would get a deputy minister post given the chapter's contribution to the party, but the exclusion has caused rumblings from the party's grassroots.

"I had asked for Kimanis MP Datuk Mohamad Alamin to be given at least a deputy minister post. But we did not get," Bung told Malay Mail when contacted.

"So some of our members are getting angry and are complaining. They are unhappy that none of the Umno MPs from Sabah had been included in the ...