KOTA KINABALU: Sabah DAP deputy chairman Datuk Frankie Poon Ming Fung has been appointed minister in charge of the state Ministry of Health and People’s Well-Being.
Poon, who is also Sabah Youth and Sports Minister, was appointed to the ministry following the death of its minister Datuk Stephen Wong Tien Fatt on Thursday.
He attended a briefing at the Sabah Health and People’s Well-Being Ministry this morning at Wisma Tun Fuad here.
Also present were Assistant Health and People’s Well-Being Minister Norazlinah Arif and the ministry’s Permanent Secretary Datuk Janet Chee Ken Liam.
Poon will hold the post of minister in charge of the ministry until a new minister is appointed.
Wong who was Sabah DAP chairman and Sandakan Member of Parliament died of a possible heart attack and was buried at the Christian Cemetery in Sandakan on Monday. – Bernama
