1991 Sabah political arrests

All seven men were leaders or prominent members the Kadazan Cultural Association (KCA), Institute for Development Studies (IDS), Sabah Foundation, and opposition party Parti Bersatu Sabah (PBS), and were placed under two-year detention orders.

Before the election, PBS left the Barisan Nasional coalition and won with a two-thirds majority in the state assembly.

Four days before the Malaysian general election, PBS withdraws from Barisan Nasional (BN), and joins opposition party Semangat 46.

Albinus Yudah, 41, chief of security at Borneo Rest House, member of PBS and KCA, and former police constable, is arrested on 25 May.

Vincent Chung, manager of administration and personnel, Sabah Foundation, is arrested on 19 January.