by WB Ongie, reporters@theborneopost.com. Posted on September 15, 2011, Thursday
MARUDI: Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB) Telang Usan’s youth wing has joined the call for an Orang Ulu to be appointed assistant minister.
This follows an earlier call from the PBB Belaga youth wing.
PBB Telang Usan youth wing deputy chairman Councillor Garry Hashim Wan, who is a Berawan, said there has been no Orang Ulu assistant minister since the late Datuk Dr Judson Sakai Tagal.
Judson was Assistant Minister in the Chief Minister’s Office when he was killed in a 2004 helicopter crash.
“But at least the Orang Ulu have a representative at the federal level with Deputy Minister of International Trade and Industry Datuk Jacob Dungau Sagan, who is Baram MP,” he said after a Marudi District Council (MDC) meeting recently.
Currently, there are two Orang Ulu assemblyman in the State Legislative Assembly (DUN) — Liwan Lagang (Belaga) and Dennis Ngau Jok (Telang Usan).
Meanwhile, Councillor John Terawe, a Kelabit from Bario, also supported the call.
He said an Orang Ulu should be appointed minister in the state cabinet or at the very least assistant minister.
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