KUCHING, Feb. 25 -- Sarawak Pakatan Harapan (PH) chairman Chong Chieng Jen today expressed regret that three federal lawmakers from the state PKR chose to quit the party to allegedly join Umno and PAS in forming a new federal government.

He said the decision by Selangau MP Baru Bian, Saratok MP Ali Biju and Puncak Borneo MP Willie Mongin was not only a betrayal of PKR but also the trust that voters had placed in PH in the 14th general election.

"Their alignment with (former) PKR deputy president Datuk Seri Azmin Ali's faction to topple the democratically elected Pakatan government has brought chaos to the country and paralysed the whole government," Chong, who is also the Sarawak DAP chairman, said.

"With their exit from state PKR, we ...