Kota Kinabalu: Kadazan Dusun Cultural Association (KDCA) President Tan Sri Joseph Pairin Kitingan
(pic) opined that a lawyer who in his submissions to the court while defending a client had offended the KDCA and the community, should be made to pay compensation for his remarks.
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Referring to Marcel Jude likening the annual Kaamatan harvest festival beauty pageant (Unduk Ngadau) to an “exotic cattle show” he said it is unbelievable that a lawyer should go so low as to ignore local customs and traditions of the KazadanDusun and literally “langgar adat” (violate customs).
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