Malaysia

Priscella Peter takes up role as KDM president following father’s imprisonment 

She will be supported by deputy president Datuk Wetrom Bahanda, who also served as KDM’s election machinery director.

Updated 1 year ago · Published on 07 Mar 2025 7:58PM

Priscella Peter takes up role as KDM president following father’s imprisonment 
Priscella (fourth from left) and Wetrom (third from right) with KDM’s top leadership after a meeting at the party’s headquarters in Penampang. – March 7, 2025

by Jason Santos

PRISCELLA Peter will now assume the role of Parti Kesejahteraan Demokratik Masyarakat (KDM) leader in the absence of her father, Datuk Peter Anthony, who is the party president. 

Peter Anthony just started serving a three-year prison sentence for forgery.

The party’s leadership unanimously appointed Priscella, 27, who holds a master’s degree in accounting from Curtin University, Australia, to lead KDM during this period. 

She will be supported by deputy president Datuk Wetrom Bahanda, who also served as KDM’s election machinery director.

KDM secretary-general Willie Jude expressed confidence in the party’s resilience, stating that the leadership had anticipated such scenarios and had plans in place to ensure continuity. 

He emphasised the party’s unity and readiness to face upcoming challenges, including the 17th Sabah state election (PRN17).

“Our struggle continues—we will not take a single step back. This fight is for Sabah, for the people,” Willie said in a statement. 

The party also reaffirmed its stance to contest solo in the upcoming state election, maintaining the course set by its former president.

Peter was convicted for falsifying documents related to a maintenance and service contract at Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) in 2014. 

After exhausting his appeals, he began serving his sentence on March 4, 2025. - March 7, 2025.

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