Overview
- His son announced on Facebook that Bung Moktar died at 1:46am on Dec 5, with later reports identifying Gleneagles Hospital in Kota Kinabalu as the location.
- The veteran Kinabatangan MP and former Sabah deputy chief minister had narrowly retained the Lamag state seat on Nov 29.
- BN won six of 45 seats in the state polls but joined the new government formed by Chief Minister Hajiji Noor’s GRS coalition.
- Under federal rules, a parliamentary vacancy must be filled within 60 days once declared, and analysts expect a Kinabatangan by-election, while the Election Commission will decide the next steps for the Lamag seat.
- Tributes poured in from national and Sabah leaders, including BN chairman Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, Warisan’s Shafie Apdal and Salleh Said Keruak.