KOTA KINABALU: A Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) assemblyman has crossed over to Warisan, in a first-ever defection from the ruling coalition in Sabah.
First-term assemblyman Wetrom Bahanda, who contested the new seat of Bandau in the 2020 state polls, told a function in Matunggong that he was leaving Bersatu for Warisan.
This was confirmed by Jominit Kobuhi, a Warisan coordinator for the Matunggong KDM affairs task force.
Wetrom, who is an assistant minister to the Sabah chief minister, won with a 3,363-vote majority in the 2020 state polls, defeating candidates from Warisan, the United Sabah National Organisation, Parti Cinta Sabah, Liberal Democratic Party and an independent. - FMT