Coup could still happen after polls, Sabah needs anti-hopping law - Shafie

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Caretaker Chief Minister Shafie Apdal has voiced concern that a political coup may still take place in Sabah, even after a new state government is formed. He fears a repeat of defections after the fresh election, as what had happened with 13 government lawmakers who switched sides before the State Assembly was dissolved. This had occurred a few times in the electoral history of the Borneo state and as such, Shafie reiterated the dire need for Sabah to formulate an anti-hopping law to prevent assemblypersons from defecting to the opposition. "I think they will also try their level best to buy people (lawmakers) after the (state) election," he said in an interview with business radio BFM's Breakfast Grille today. "We have to formulate an enactment, (to think of a way) we can refrain them from moving out from the ruling government," he added. On July 29, former…