Interview with Yong

Question: How effective is Umno and Pakatan co-ordinated attack against SAPP?

Yong: Well, for those who had read the newspaper...two giants...a federal government level, State government combined with 4 State governments, the Menteri Besar is here, the Penang CM is here and...all these people are here, some people got worried that Sabah local party will be knocked out by these 2 giants. On the ground you can see the PKR party workers, proud that they are wearing the Selangor badge, somehow when we met them at Tanah Merah, spoke to them in Hakka, they could not understand and we tried Cantonese but still they don't understand, so we asked them where were they from...from Selangor, they said. These are the things...they are using Selangor people people here...I supposed that other states are also sending people...Umno sending a lot of people...2 big giants against SAPP never before in the history in Malaysia.

Question: Will this be translated into votes?

Yong: They will backfire, could backfire with the huge presence of outsiders. I think the local people in Sabah would not like to see big guns coming here telling them what to do...they come only now in the by-election...they just come here with ... to patronize. As you can see the Chinese community leaders here are invited everyday for dinners...First is Muhyddin, followed by Hishamuddin, Chua Soi Lek, Liow Tiong Lai, Wee Kah Siong, Musa Aman. Even LDP, Gerakan, until not enough people to represent them. Their response when asked, "They invite we go lah", sincerity is not there. I told the associations, community leaders and people of Batu Sapi not to worry, after I win as member of parliament, I will come to see them, not before election when we are asking for vote...we will see them when we win.

This BN and Pakatan people..they all come here, the sincerity is doubtful ...for the first time in Malaysia, both governments, PR is government in 4 states, BN federal government, both are government...they are all here and the posters, huge flags, very expensive plastic made... which, seen by the people here as extravagant...not only the cost and the manpower to putting up.

Question: Why SAPP  become the common enemy

Yong: I think PR knows that they are way behind ...number 3. One of their efforts to catch up by attacking us. BN by today they think that they might lose. I think...up to yesterday, they are confident until Muhyiddin dinner when people walk out during his speech ... and he got a lukewarm response in the kampong, when Umno machinery is not working that well, you see our party workers are very motivated, I think for the first time in this campaign, BN realize that they might lose. So I think they have come out to a join attack SAPP. They want to nationalize Sabah, whether BN or PR "sama saja mah", as long as their side is concerned, when you have SAPP emerged ... neither BN nor PR in Sabah. I think they see that as major threat, not only in this by election but also the coming general election. But we will overcome this. Thank you.