Sabah BN chairman Bung Moktar passes away

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Kinabatangan MP Datuk Seri Bung Moktar Radin, who also served as Sabah Barisan Nasional chairman, passed away at 66 at a private hospital in Kota Kinabalu at 1.46am on Friday (Dec 5). Read more at https://tinyurl.com/5ymehsex   WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00Kinabatangan MP and Sabah Barisan National Chairman Datuk Siribung Mokhtar Radin

00:08has passed away at the age of 66.

00:12His son, Naeem Kurniawan Mokhtar, confirmed that he breathed his last at 1.46 a.m. on Friday.

00:20Bung Mokhtar, who was also the Lamag Assemblyman,

00:22had been admitted to a private hospital in Kota Kinabalu for severe lung infection.

00:28His condition later worsened after developing kidney complications

00:32before he succumbed to the illness.

00:34His remains were brought to the family home in Luyang

00:37and will be taken to the Sabah State Mosque for funeral prayers.

00:41He will be laid to rest at the Kampung Lika Cemetery after Friday prayers.

00:50Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim described Bung as a forceful and steadfast presence

00:56in Malaysian politics.

00:59UMNO President and Barisan National Chairman Datuk Seri Dr. Ahmad Zahid Hamidi

01:03said he was heartbroken to learn of Bung Mokhtar's passing,

01:07adding that he had lost a true friend.

01:10He also conveyed condolences on behalf of UMNO and Barisan National to Bung Mokhtar's family.

01:16In the November 29 Sabah State election, Bung Mokhtar retained the Lamag seat with a 153-vote majority

01:25in a six-cornered contest, having also won it in the previous state polls.

01:30He first won the Kinabatangan parliamentary seat in 1999 and went on to serve six terms as MP.

01:37Born on September 15, 1959, in Sukkau Kinabatangan, Bung Mokhtar leaves behind his two wives,

01:45Datin Seri Nur Asida Ali Mudeen and Datin Seri Zizi Izete Abdul Samad, and seven children.

01:50For more information, visit www.bung Mokhtar.com.

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