Musa Aman, three Sabah BN party presidents defend seats in GE14 
KOTA KINABALU, April 26 (Bernama) -- Sabah Chief Minister Tan Sri Musa Aman of UMNO and the presidents of the four other Barisan Nasional component parties in Sabah except Tan Sri Joseph Kurup are defending their seats in the 14th general election, polling for which is on May 9.
Kurup, who is PBRS president, is not seeking re-election. He is making way for his son, Arthur Joseph Kurup, to contest the Pensiangan parliamentary seat he held in the 13th Parliament.
Also, PBS president Tan Sri Joseph Pairin Kitingan is defending only the state seat of Tambunan and not the parliamentary seat of Keningau which will be contested by PBS vice-president Datuk Daniel Kinsik.
Musa, who is Sabah BN and Sabah UMNO Liaison Committee chairman, will defend the Sungai Sibuga state seat. UPKO president and Science, Technology and Innovation Minister Datuk Seri Wilfred Madius Tangau will defend the Tuaran parliamentary seat and LDP president and Sabah Special Functions Minister Datuk Teo Chee Kang will defend the Tanjong Kapor state seat.
and Multimedia Minister Datuk Seri Dr Salleh Said Keruak will contest the Kota Belud parliamentary seat last held by Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Datuk Seri Abdul Rahman Dahlan who will now contest the Sepanggar parliamentary seat.
Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Anifah Aman and Energy, Green Technology and Water Minister Datuk Seri Dr Maximus Ongkili will defend their respective parliamentary seats of Kimanis and Kota Marudu.
Musa announced the names of the GE14 candidates at the UMNO Building here.
Deputy Works Minister Datuk Rosnah Abdul Rashid Shirlin; Deputy Women, Family and Community Development Minister Datuk Azizah Mohd Dun; Deputy Plantation Industries and Commodities Minister Datuk Datu Nasrun Datu Mansur and Deputy Higher Education Minister Datuk Mary Yap Kain Ching are defending their Papar, Beaufort, Silam and Tawau parliamentary seats, respectively.
The others defending their parliamentary seats are Datuk Abdul Rahim Bakri (Kudat); Datuk Dr Marcus Mojigoh (Putatan); Datuk Dr Ewon Emin (Ranau); Dewan Rakyat Deputy Speaker Datuk Dr Ronald Kiandee (Beluran); Datuk Mohd Zakaria Edris (Libaran).
Datin Linda Tsen Thau Lin ( Batu Sapi); Datuk Bung Moktar Radin (Kinabatangan) and Datuk Seri Abdul Ghapur Salleh (Kalabakan).
Sabah BN is fielding new faces in four parliamentary seats, namely Datuk Joseph Lee (Kota Kinabalu, last held by DAP), Caesar Mandela Malakun (Penampang, last held by Warisan), Arthur Joseph Kurup (Pensiangan, last held by his father Joseph Kurup) and Yamani Hafez Musa (Sipitang). Sipitang was last held by Datuk Sapawi Ahmad of UMNO who will contest the state seat of Sindumin.
Other new faces for parliamentary seats are Datuk Daniel Kinsik (Keningau, last held by Pairin); Datuk Rubin Balang (Tenom), the former assemblyman for Kemabong; Datuk Lim Ming Ho (Sandakan, last held by DAP) and Datuk Ramlee Marahaban (Semporna, last held by Warisan), the former assemblyman for Bugaya.
As for the state seats, two other deputy chief ministers, Datuk Seri Raymond Tan Shu Kiah and Datuk Seri Yahya Hussin, will defend their respective seats of Tanjong Papat and Petagas.
Sabah BN is also fielding 17 new faces in the state seats, including former director of the Sabah Economic Planning Unit Datuk Osman Jamal (Balung); former Kota Kinabalu mayor Datuk Abidin Madingkir (Paginatan); Datuk Nizam Abu Bakar Titingan, younger brother of the late Datuk Tawfiq (Apas); UMNO Youth executive committee member Jamawi Jaafar (Kemabong) and Razak Tun Sakaran, a son of former Sabah Yang Dipertua Negeri Tun Sakaran Dandai (Bugaya).
The women new faces to be fielded in state seats are Julita Manjungki (Matunggong), Dr Pamela Yong (Luyang) and Mizma Apehdullah (Tengku).
-- BERNAMA
