Sabah assemblymen attend court hearing on state's 40pct revenue entitlement
Among those present were former Chief Ministers Datuk Seri Mohd Shafie Apdal and Datuk Yong Teck Lee, Tungku assemblyman Assaffal P. Alian, and Sri Tanjong assemblyman Justin Wong.
Also seen at the court were former Penampang member of parliament (MP) Datuk Darell Leiking and former Kota Kinabalu MP Datuk Jimmy Wong Sze Phin.
The hearing commenced at 9.40am before High Court Judge Celestina Stuel Galid.
The SLS filed for a judicial review in 2022, alleging that the Federal Government had breached the Federal Constitution by failing to conduct a mandatory revenue review every five years since 1974.
The society also argued that the government is constitutionally obliged to remit 40 per cent of federal revenue collected from Sabah back to the state for each of those years.
On Nov 11, 2022, the Kota Kinabalu High Court granted leave for the SLS to proceed with its judicial review.
The Attorney General filed an appeal against the decision and obtained a stay of proceedings at the High Court.
However, on June 18 last year, the Court of Appeal dismissed the Federal Government's appeal against the leave granted to SLS.
The full hearing of the judicial review was set for today.
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