Stay on as Sabah Umno chief, Zaid tells Bung

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The former minister says resigning won’t win the Kinabatangan MP any extra votes in a country where ethics does not seem to ‘count for much’.   Read More: https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2024/11/19/stay-on-as-sabah-umno-chief-zaid-tells-bung/   Free Malaysia Today is an independent, bi-lingual news portal with a focus on Malaysian current affairs.    Subscribe to our channel - http://bit.ly/2Qo08ry   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check us out at https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com Follow FMT on Facebook: https://bit.ly/49JJoo5 Follow FMT on Dailymotion: https://bit.ly/2WGITHM Follow FMT on X: https://bit.ly/48zARSW  Follow FMT on Instagram: https://bit.ly/48Cq76h Follow FMT on TikTok : https://bit.ly/3uKuQFp Follow FMT Berita on TikTok: https://bit.ly/48vpnQG  Follow FMT Telegram - https://bit.ly/42VyzMX Follow FMT LinkedIn - https://bit.ly/42YytEb Follow FMT Lifestyle on Instagram: https://bit.ly/42WrsUj Follow FMT on WhatsApp: https://bit.ly/49GMbxW  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download FMT News App: Google Play – http://bit.ly/2YSuV46 App Store – https://apple.co/2HNH7gZ Huawei AppGallery - https://bit.ly/2D2OpNP  #FMTNews #ZaidIbrahim #BungMoktar #Sabah #Umno

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00:00Zaid Ibrahim has urged Bung Mukhtar ad-Din to resist calls to step down as Sabah Amno

00:08Chief over his corruption case, saying the Kinabatangan MP will not win any extra votes

00:13by resigning from the post.

00:15In a post on X, the former law minister said resigning amid serious charges before being

00:20proven guilty was both naive and impractical in the current political landscape, where

00:25he said laws are often weaponized against political opponents.

00:31He likened the situation to Donald Trump, who did not step down after being charged

00:35with felonies during his first stint as U.S. President, adding that the Democrats would

00:39have won if he had.

00:42Acknowledging the importance of ethical leadership, Zaid nevertheless said that this did not seem

00:46to account for much in this country.

00:49Bung had been urged to step down following the Court of Appeals order for him and his

00:53wife to enter their defense on charges of corruption and abetment over a 150 million

00:58ringgit felony investment.

01:01Sabah rights activist James Liguenjang said it was crucial for political leaders accused

01:06of wrongdoing to take a temporary leave of absence until their names were cleared.

01:11Dhanushar Jhareza, FMP News.

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