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Two Pakatan reps take oath as Sabah cabinet members

PKR’s Datuk Christina Liew, DAP’s Phoong Jin Zhe, Barisan’s James Ratib swear in at state palace today

Updated 3 years ago · Published on 11 Jan 2023 11:43AM

Two Pakatan reps take oath as Sabah cabinet members
(From left_ Datuk James Ratib (Sugut-Umno), Datuk Christina Liew (Api-Api-PKR) and Phoong Jin Zhe (Luyang-DAP) being sworn in as ministers at the state palace. Ratib is now Sabah’s community development and people wellbeing minister, Liew is tourism, culture and environment minister, while Phoong is industrial development minister. – Pic xourtesy of Sabah Chief Minister Department, January 11, 2023

KOTA KINABALU – Three Sabah assemblymen took their oaths as members of the Sabah cabinet at Istana Seri Kinabalu here today.

The assemblymen comprised Sabah Pakatan Harapan (PH) chairman Datuk Christina Liew who is Api-Api assemblyman, Luyang assemblyman Phoong Jin Zhe of DAP, and Sugut assemblyman James Ratib of Barisan Nasional. 

All the assemblymen were sworn in before Sabah Yang Dipertua Negeri Tun Juhar Mahiruddin, and they later signed their letters of appointment witnessed by Kota Kinabalu High Court judge Datuk Ismail Brahim.

Also present were Chief Minister Datuk Seri Hajiji Noor, Deputy Chief Minister ll, Datuk Seri Dr Jeffrey Kitingan, Deputy Chief Minister III Datuk Dr Joachim Gunsalam, and Datuk Seri Masidi Manjun who is state local government and housing minister as well as state finance minister II.

Hajiji confirmed that there would a reshuffle of the Sabah cabinet on January 6. – Bernama, January 11, 2023

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