KUCHING: Batu Kitang assemblyman Lo Khere Chiang has challenged Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad to hold a referendum to determine if Sarawakians want independence.

“Let Sarawak decide,” he said, citing the prime minister’s remark that Sabah and Sarawak did not want independence but autonomy at the 73rd United Nations’ General Assembly in New York after Pakatan Harapan (PH) had taken over the government last May.