DAP secretary-general Loke Siew Fook said the party intends to contest one more seat in the coming Sabah election, but has yet to announce it as talks with its allies are still going on.
He said the final seat is intended to be contested by a female candidate from the party.
“We were supposed to announce a seat in the interior, but we are still in negotiations with another coalition within the government,” Malay Mail quoted him as saying.
The final seat is believed to be Kemabong, and the candidate is likely to be Noorita Sual, the former Tenom MP who is now a senator.
DAP is understood to be negotiating with Barisan Nasional and Gabungan Rakyat Sabah for the seat.
Earlier, Sabah DAP chief Phoong Jin Zhe announced that the party would contest seven seats in the state election, including two it lost to Warisan…