SHAH ALAM, Sept. 7 -- Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia president Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said the party's main focus after its annual assembly will be preparations for the upcoming Sabah state election, which he described as imminent.

Muhyiddin said groundwork had already begun months earlier and expressed confidence that public support for Bersatu in Sabah was growing.

"I personally went down with Datuk Seri Hamzah Zainuddin and other colleagues to meet communities in Sabah. From those meetings, it was clear that the people want change and reject the current government under Hajiji (Gabungan Rakyat Sabah chairman Datuk Seri Hajiji Noor).

"Our hope is that a new government will emerge after the coming state election," he said in a press...