The passing of Bung Moktar Radin in December 2025 marked the end of one of Sabah’s most recognisable and polarising political careers. First elected as a Kinabatangan MP in 1999, he held the seat for six consecutive terms and later served as Sabah UMNO and Sabah Barisan Nasional (BN) chairman. Yet in Sabah’s eastern interior, his death did not signal political closure. The January 2026 by-elections in Kinabatangan and Lamag, along with his son’s…
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