KOTA KINABALU, Nov. 13 -- Parti Kesejahteraan Demokratik Masyarakat (PKDM) has announced 39 of the 40 candidates it intends to field, including former Sabah DAP chairman Datuk Frankie Poon Ming Fung, for the upcoming 17th Sabah state election.

Its deputy president, Datuk Wetrom Bahanda, said about 70 per cent of PKDM's candidates are new faces, with the remaining 30 per cent made up of young contenders.

Acting president Priscella Peter, the daughter of Datuk Peter Anthony, who is currently serving a jail term for fraud, will defend her father's former seat of Melalap.

Wetrom is moving from his incumbent seat in Bandau - where his sister Datuk Redonah Bahanda is contesting as the government candidate - to Matunggong. Both constituencies...