Parti Solidariti Tanah Airku (STAR) will contest 40 seats in the Nov 29 state election in Sabah, although it only announced 29 of its candidates today.
STAR president Jeffrey Kitingan, the outgoing deputy chief minister, said the remaining 11 candidates would be unveiled closer to nomination day on Saturday, Berita Harian reported.
Kitingan will seek a third term as Tambunan assemblyman, while STAR deputy president Kenny Chua is hoping to regain the Inanam seat he won on a PKR ticket in 2013.
Chua contested the seat as an independent candidate in 2020 but came up third-best in a 10-cornered race, losing to PKR‘s Peto Galim who will be defending the seat in the coming polls.
STAR information chief Anuar Ghani will contest the Karanaan seat, which has been held by Gabungan Rakyat Sabah’s Masidi Manjun since 2004.
The following are the candidates announced by STAR today:
- Bengkoka – Maklin Masiau
- Bandau – Shirewin D Patrick
- Tandek – Arlinsia Agang
- Pintasan – Raplin Samat
- Tempasuk – Walter Mark Mukis
- Usukan – Lin Harun
- Tamparuli – Jinitoh Sontori
- Kiulu – Terence Sinti
- Karambunai – Stephen Teo
- Inanam – Kenny Chua
- Api-Api – Ting Shu Kiong
- Petagas – Annita Shiela F Among
- Kapayan – Bernard Logijin
- Kawang – Beverley Natalie Koh
- Membakut – Adrian Lajim
- Sindumin – Moktar Matussin
- Karanaan – Anuar Ghani
- Paginatan – Feddrin Tuliang
- Tambunan – Jeffrey Kitingan
- Bingkor – Ishak Ayub
- Liawan – Augustine A Nain
- Melalap – Alviana Linus
- Kemabong – Azroy Abdullah
- Tulid – Evaritus Gungkit
- Sook – Ireneus Pagut
- Tungku – Suling Isib
- Bugaya – Taha Dara
- Balung – Chee Kheng Moi
- Sri Tanjong – Fung Len Fui
