Kalabakan Umno wants the Merotai state seat which now is rerpresented by the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) to be returned to Umno at the next election.

NONEIts chief Abdul Ghapur Salleh (left) said Kalabakan Umno was making the demand because LPD leaders lately had been making press statements which were not line with the Barisan Nasional (BN) spirit.

"How can we trust LDP to contest the Merotai seat when they do not show respect for Umno and its leaders," he told reporters after chairing a Kalabakan Umno division meeting in Tawau today.

He added that as a component party of the BN, LDP should raise any grievances it had with the state BN leadership and not resort to the media to attack state leaders.

"Although the LDP president (V.K Liew) has disavowed media statements made by his deputy (Chin Su Phin), Kalabakan Umno cannot accept this," stressed Ghapur, who is also the MP for Kalabakan.

- Bernama