{
  "id": 8661360,
  "title": "Bekas Adun Bongawan Karim Bujang meninggal dunia",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/20/bekas-adun-bongawan-karim-bujang-meninggal-dunia",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-20T09:18:41.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Malaysia Today",
    "slug": "free-malaysia-today-freemalays",
    "url": "https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/bahasa/tempatan/2026/09/20/bekas-adun-bongawan-karim-bujang-meninggal-dunia"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Karim Bujang, a veteran politician from Sabah, has passed away at the age of 73 in Kampung Sipanggil, Putatan. He represented the Bongawan constituency for five terms, serving from 1990 to 2013. Karim was also a recipient of the Deputy Minister appointment in the Sabah Cabinet, specifically on March 27, 2004. He began his tenure as the Bongawan representative after winning the seat in 1990 under the United Sabah National Organization (Usno) ticket. Later, he switched to Umno and retained the seat until 2008.\n\nIn the 2013 General Election, Karim was not re-nominated for Bongawan and contested the Kimanis parliamentary seat as part of the Barisan Nasional (BN) ticket. He then joined the Warisan party and ran in the 2018 General Election for the Kimanis parliamentary seat. He lost by a narrow margin of 156 votes to Anifah Aman of the BN, before challenging the result through a by-election petition. Karim was subsequently appointed to contest the Kimanis parliamentary seat again in the 2020 by-election, but lost to the BN candidate, Mohamad.\n\nMost recently, Karim announced his departure from his previous party and joined the Parti Gagasan Rakyat Sabah (Gagasan Rakyat) in April 2024.",
  "summary": "Difahamkan Karim Bujang menghembuskan nafas terakhir pada usia 73 tahun di kediamannya di Kampung Sipanggil, Putatan.",
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        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "Bekas Adun Bongawan Karim Bujang meninggal dunia",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/20/bekas-adun-bongawan-karim-bujang-meninggal-dunia-8663972",
        "published": "2026-09-20T09:18:41.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}