People's Justice Front

United People's Justice Front
Malay nameAngkatan Keadilan Rakyat Bersatu
اڠكتن كعاديلن رعيت برساتو
Chinese name人民統一公正陣綫
人民统一公正阵线
rénmín tǒngyī gōngzhèng zhènxiàn
Founded15 September 1989
Dissolved20 May 2001
Succeeded byPGRS
(under Dr. Ationg Tituh in 2013)
HeadquartersKota Kinabalu, Sabah
National affiliationBarisan Nasional
(1991-2001)
Party flag

People's Justice Front or in Malay: Angkatan Keadilan Rakyat (AKAR) was a splinter party of Parti Bersatu Sabah (PBS) formed in 1989 which was led by Dusun and Bajau ethnic-based leaders namely Mark Koding, Kalakau Untol and Pandikar Amin Mulia.[1][2] In 1995, AKAR had gone through a leadership crisis between Pandikar Amin Mulia and Jeffrey Kitingan.[3] The party's name was later changed to United People's Justice Front or in Malay: Angkatan Keadilan Rakyat Bersatu (AKAR BERSATU). AKAR BERSATU was dissolved to enable its members to join UMNO in 2001 and half of the member join the PGRS, a local Sabahan party founded by Ationg Tituh, one of AKAR former member of Ketua Gabungan Cawangan AKAR Kuamut.

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  3. ^ United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. "Chronology for Kadazans in Malaysia, 2004, Minorities at Risk Project, UNHCR's Refworld". unhcr.org. Archived from the original on 2016-05-04. Retrieved 2016-04-09.