Federal Govt won't appeal Sabah 40% revenue ruling, says AGC

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The Federal Government will not appeal the recent High Court ruling affirming Sabah’s right to 40% of net revenue derived from the state, said the Attorney General Chambers (AGC) on Tuesday (Nov 11), adding that the government will initiate negotiations with the state government immediately.  Read more at https://tinyurl.com/2s43b56e  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00The Attorney General Chambers on Tuesday said the federal government will not appeal the recent

00:07high court ruling affirming Saba's right to 40 percent of net revenue derived from the state.

00:13The AGC said the decision comes after a special cabinet meeting to discuss the matter.

00:19They said the government will commence the process of negotiations with the Saba state

00:23government immediately. Last month, the Kota Kinabalu High Court ruled in favor of the Saba

00:28Law Society Judicial Review, saying that the government had acted unlawfully by failing to

00:34fulfill Saba's constitutional entitlement to 40 percent of the net federal revenue derived from

00:40the state for nearly five decades. The government has been asked to carry out a review on the grant

00:46due for the lost years within 90 days of the court's decision. The settlement repayments should

00:52be completed by 180 days thereafter. However, the AGC said it disputed the court's reasoning behind the

01:00judgment with regard to the abuse of powers by the government and failing to keep obligations since

01:051974. On Monday, UPCO President Datuk Iwan Benedict said he had tendered his resignation as entrepreneur,

01:14development and cooperatives minister, and he added that the AGC should not appeal the court decision,

01:21and if it did so, he would quit the government.

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