KOTA KINABALU: One of Upko’s four vice-presidents, Lucas Umbul, has joined Sabah STAR which is led by Datuk Dr Jeffrey Kitingan. Lucas was seen getting initiated into the party in a live-streamed video on Sunday (March 7) where he explained why he wanted to join Sabah STAR. Lucas had led Upko’s Tenom division and contested for the Kemabong seat in last year's Sept 26 state elections but he lost to Rubin Balang, who contested as an independent. Jeffrey said Lucas had met him about 10 days ago to inform him about his intention to join Sabah STAR. “So after that, we had our meeting and screening before deciding to accept Lucas into the party, ” he said.

Source: The Star March 07, 2021 03:00 UTC