PETALING JAYA: Two Sabah party leaders from Perikatan Nasional are unable to attend the meeting in Kuala Lumpur scheduled to take place on Wednesday (Aug 11) evening.

       Sabah STAR president Datuk Seri Dr Jeffrey Kitingan and Sabah Progressive Party president Datuk Seri Yong Teck Lee said they could not get a flight on time to be at the meeting, which is set to take place at 5pm.

       Yong said that there was only one Malaysia Airlines flight from Kota Kinabalu to Kuala Lumpur at 4pm today (Wednesday) and as such would not be able to reach the meeting on time.

       "Anyway, we will be on standby if necessary to participate via video conferencing," said Yong, adding that Sabah STAR's secretary Datuk Guandee Kohoi will be attending the meeting as he was in Kuala Lumpur.

       While the agenda of the meeting is unknown, it is believed the meeting would discuss, among others, Umno's retraction of support for Perikatan.

       Aside from Muhyiddin - who is the Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia president - leaders from PAS, Gerakan, the Sabah Progressive Party and Sabah STAR are expected to attend.

       The meeting is expected to be held at the Prime Minister's Office at 5pm.

       It is learnt that this is an unscheduled meeting and the party leaders were informed on Tuesday (Aug 10).

       On Aug 4, Umno made public a list of its 14 lawmakers who no longer supported Muhyiddin and the Perikatan government.

       The list of names was in a letter signed by Umno president Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi that was presented to the Yang di-Pertuan Agong.

       PKR has also sent a letter representing all its 35 MPs to the King, opposing Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin's leadership, says its communications director Fahmi Fadzil.