Former Bongawan assemblyman Karim Bujang dies

Karim Bujang, a former five-term Bongawan assemblyman, passed away at his home in Kampung Sipanggil, Putatan, Sabah, this afternoon. At the age of 73, Karim had served as the representative for Bongawan from 1990 to 2013. He was elected to the assembly after securing the Usno ticket in 1990, and subsequently joined Umno, retaining the seat as a Barisan Nasional (BN) candidate in the subsequent four elections.

However, he was not fielded by BN in the 2013 election; instead, Mohamad Alamin contested the seat. Later, Karim joined Warisan and contested the Kimanis parliamentary seat in the 14th general election (GE14) in 2018. Unfortunately, he narrowly lost the election by a margin of 156 votes to Anifah Aman, who subsequently contested the seat on a BN ticket.