KUCHING, April 19 -- Datuk Abdullah Saidol has dismissed a social media claim alleging Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) is considering contesting in Sabah in the next general election as fake news and a fabricated tale.

The Deputy Minister in the Premier's Department said the post circulating on platforms such as TikTok and Facebook had been created by certain parties with malicious intent.

"There is no evidence that GPS chairman and Premier Datuk Patinggi Tan Sri Abang Johari Tun Openg had ever directly or indirectly made such a statement.

"That social media posting is clearly a form of shallow political slander aimed at creating suspicion and unease between the people of Sabah and Sarawak," he said in a statement.

The post claimed GPS w...