{
  "id": 8663972,
  "title": "Bekas Adun Bongawan Karim Bujang meninggal dunia",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/20/bekas-adun-bongawan-karim-bujang-meninggal-dunia-8663972",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-20T09:18:41.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Malaysia Today",
    "slug": "free-malaysia-today",
    "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 political figure from Sabah, passed away at the age of 73 in his residence in Kampung Sipanggil, Putatan, according to Sinar Harian. He represented the Bongawan seat for five terms from 1990 to 2013. Known for his veteran status in Sabah politics, Karim was also once appointed as the Assistant Minister in the Sabah Cabinet on 27th March 2004. The Record of Government of Sabah listed him among the individuals appointed as Assistant Minister on that date.\n\nKarim embarked on his public service as a representative of Bongawan after winning the seat in 1990 on the United Sabah National Organisation (Usno) ticket. Later, he switched to Umno and retained the seat until 2008. In the 2013 General Elections, Karim was not re-nominated for Bongawan and the seat was contested by Mohamad Alamin on the Barisan Nasional (BN) ticket. Subsequently, Karim joined Warisan and contested in the 2018 General Elections for the Kimanis parliamentary seat. He lost the race narrowly by a margin of 156 votes to Anifah Aman, who contested on the BN ticket. Karim then contested again in the Kimanis parliamentary seat in the 2020 General Elections on the Warisan ticket, but lost the contest once more to Mohamad Alamin of BN. In his most recent political development, Karim announced his withdrawal from the party and joined 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",
        "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."
}