Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The Sabah Progressive Party (Parti Maju Sabah) is a political party based in Sabah, east Malaysia. It was registered on 21 January 1994 by dissidents led by former Sabah Chief Minister Datuk Yong Teck Lee from Parti Bersatu Sabah (PBS). It was one of the 14 component parties in the ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition that rules Malaysia. On 17 September 2008, SAPP officially pulled out of Barisan National to become an independent party.The SAPP won two parliamentary seats in the general election held on March 8, 2008. After the 2008 election, there were calls by many Sabahan political parties for more autonomy from the Malaysian federal government.