KOTA KINABALU, Aug. 28 -- Melalap assemblyman Datuk Peter Anthony has until September 2 to file a petition for pardon or face automatic disqualification from the Sabah State Legislative Assembly, said Speaker Datuk Kadzim Yahya.

Kadzim said the Court of Appeal's rejection on August 20 of Peter's bid to review its earlier March 4 decision means the conviction and sentence handed down by the Sessions Court remain intact.

"As the law provides, he has 14 days from the date of decision to file his petition for pardon and if such petition is not filed within the stipulated time frame, which in this case is up to September 2, then the seat of the State Assembly for N.42 Melalap shall automatically become vacant on September 3," he said.

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