By Luke Rintod of FMT
KOTA BELUD: A prominent local lawyer here has urged Sabahans and Sarawakians not to rely on peninsular leaders to fight for their rights.
"Sabahans and Sarawakians should regroup in their respective state-based political parties and ally themselves to whichever groups that accommodate their demands," said Peter Marajin, who stood as an independent candidate in the 2008 election and garnered over 1,700 votes.
"We in Sabah and Sarawak should not rely on them to support our wishes and demands even if those are our state rights.
"They will fight for their own rights. We cannot expect those in peninsula to fight for us in Sabah and Sarawak," he told a group of leaders at Mayang Sari Hall here yesterday. He was speaking on the current and future political scenario in Malaysia and also on the newly-formed United Borneo Front (UBF).