Batu Sapi MP urges council to act on people’s complaints

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SANDAKAN: Newly-elected Batu Sapi member of parliament Datin Linda Tsen Thau Lin has urged the Sandakan Municipal Council (SMC) to follow up on the complaints she had received after her visit to her constituency on Sunday.

Linda, when met by reporters after attending the Action Committee meeting at the council, said that problems affecting hawkers, foodstall operators and landslides in residential areas were some of the issues raised by the constituents during her meeting with them to thank them for their support.

SMC secretary Haji Hamsan Hj Ag Supain said the Council would work closely with Linda to resolve the various problems affecting the Batu Sapi constituents.

Linda said that she would fulfill her responsibilities as best she could in the interest of all the people in her constituency.

“I will do my best to address their problems and issues within a reasonable time,” she added.

This was her first visit to the constituency after she sworn into office on Nov 9.

She went to six markets in the constituency to personally thank them.

In the by-election, Tsen obtained 9,773 votes in the three-cornered fight with Parti Keadilan Rakyat’s Ansari Abdullah, who secured 3,414 votes, and Datuk Yong Teck Lee of the Sabah Progressive Party (SAPP), who garnered 2,031 votes.