Reaches uneasy truce after meeting key Barisan Nasional MPs from Sabah

UPDATED: With Datuk Yong Teck Lee quotes below
malaysianinsider - Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi has managed to head off a possible crossover of Sabah Barisan Nasional MPs to the Opposition by meeting key political players from the East Malaysian state.

The Malaysian Insider has learnt that the Prime Minister had discussions over the past 24 hours with Sabah Progressive Party president Datuk Yong Teck Lee, Upko president Tan Sri Bernard Dompok and several other Sabah politicians to assure them that the administration was serious about developing the state and addressing their concerns over the lack of recognition for BN politicians from Sabah.

He touched on some of the progress made since he met them behind closed doors after Election 2008. At that meeting in April, Sabah political parties put forward several demands including the dismantling of the Federal Development Department, more representation at federal level, more funds from the federal government and concrete measures to tackle the illegal immigrant problem....selanjutnya [KLIK DI SINI]