United Malays National Organisation of Sabah

United Malays National Organisation of Sabah
United Malays National Organisation of Sabah
Malay name	Pertubuhan Kebangsaan Melayu Bersatu Malaysia Sabah
Abbreviation	Sabah UMNO
Chairman	Bung Moktar Radin
Deputy Chairman	Abdul Rahman Dahlan
Founder	Mahathir Mohamad; Anwar Ibrahim; Abdul Ghafar Baba; Mustapha Harun; Harris Salleh
Founded	1990; 34 years ago
Preceded by	USNO; BERJAYA
Succeeded by	BERSATU Sabah (2019); Parti Gagasan Rakyat Sabah (2023; Yusof Yacob faction)
National affiliation	Barisan Nasional (since 1990); Pakatan Harapan (aligned: since 2022); Perikatan Nasional (aligned: 2020–2022)
Regional affiliation	Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (half-member allied since 2023, Bung Mokhtar-sect from 2020-2022)
Colours	Red and white
Slogan	United, Loyal, In Service; Bersatu, Bersetia, Berkhidmat
Dewan Negara Malaysia	1 / 70
Dewan Rakyat Malaysia	6 / 26 (Sabah and Labuan seats)
Sabah State Legislative Assembly	13 / 79
Chief ministers in Malaysia ; (Sabah Chief Minister)	0 / 1
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United Malays National Organisation of Sabah (Malay: Pertubuhan Kebangsaan Melayu Bersatu Sabah), also abbreviated as Sabah UMNO, is a branch of the United Malays National Organisation in Sabah, Malaysia. Sabah UMNO supported and was part of the federal government under Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim. Sabah UMNO also had one elected representatives holding a deputy ministerial positions respectively in the Anwar Ibrahim cabinet.^[1] This branch of UMNO was an independently-built branch in 2018 until 2021, the branch merged back to BN Central Leadership after suffering a split between Ketua Wanita UMNO cawangan Kota Kinabalu and the rebel group between Pemuda UMNO Tuaran and Sipitang.

History

Establishment of the Sabah UMNO branch

After the 1990 state election when BERJAYA themselves were ousted by United Sabah Party (PBS), USNO Chairman Mustapha Harun returned to team-up with BERJAYA Chairman Harris Salleh in a merger of USNO and BERJAYA for his long-envisaged initiative to create the Sabah chapter of peninsula-based United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) with Mustapha himself became its first chief of UMNO Sabah.^[2] In 1996, USNO was finally de-registered by the federal Registrar of Societies (RoS). Six of its legislators joined the Sabah UMNO while the rest joined the opposition PBS.^[3]

Mass resignations of BN members and Sabah UMNO leadership from the party

On 11 December 2018, BN chairman and Sabah UMNO chairman Hajiji Noor along with Musbah Jamli, Japlin Akim, Ghulam Haidar Khan Bahadar, Mohd Arifin Mohd Arif, Isnin Aliasnih, Matbali Musah, Masidi Manjun, Nizam Abu Bakar Titingan, Abdul Rahim Bakri, Azizah Mohd Dun, Ronald Kiandee, Zakaria Edris, Yamani Hafez Musa, John Ambrose, Abdul Ghani Mohamed Yassin, and Wetrom Bahanda led and announced the mass resignations of BN members and the entire leadership of Sabah UMNO from the party and declared to be an independent politician. Hajiji said, "Unfortunately, UMNO is now like it used to be. The existing leadership does not have a clear political direction. We are not sure where UMNO is headed. There are conflicting statements about his future, depending on who you talk to in the current leadership."^[4]

After the announcement, media reports suggested that Sabah UMNO had collapsed or been dissolved. However, UMNO President Ahmad Zahid Hamidi denied the suggestion and Sabah UMNO will not be disbanded due to the group's actions. He also stressed that Sabah UMNO would remain to exist and its leadership would be restructured by remaining members. On 12 December 2018 Member of Parliament for Kinabatangan, Bung Moktar Radin, was appointed as the new Sabah UMNO Chairman to replace Hajiji Mohd Noor. For other positions, Sepanggar Division UMNO Chief, Yakub Khan was appointed as UMNO Sabah Deputy Chairman, Kinabatangan Division UMNO Deputy Chief, Jafry Ariffin as UMNO Sabah Secretary and Tenom UMNO Division Chief, Raime Unggi as State UMNO Information Chief.^[5]

Sabah political crisis

On 6 January 2023, state government of Sabah led by Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) collapsed when its coalition party Barisan Nasional (BN) withdrew its support.^[6] The Leader of UMNO Sabah, a component party of BN, Bung Moktar Radin, Kinabatangan Member of Parliemnt and Lamag Assemblyman, cited a lack of confidence in the leadership of Chief Minister of Sabah Hajiji Noor in the withdrawal.^[7]

As of 6 February, there are no changes in the status quo regarding the government of Sabah, following the decision of 5 UMNO MLAs (Shahelmey Yahya (Tanjung Keramat), Jasnih Daya (Pantai Dalit), Yusof Yacob (Sindumin), James Ratib (Sugut) and Mohd Arsad Bistari (Tempasuk)) who publicly supported Hajiji despite Bung's decision, and reshuffle of the state cabinet on 11 January as a result.^[8]

On 12 February 2023, Barisan Nasional Secretary General, Zambry Abdul Kadir said Barisan Nasional decided to support the Sabah Government led by Hajiji Noor as Sabah Chief Minister.^[9]

On 21 February 2023, Yusof Yacob, along with other 8 MLAs support Hajiji. At the same time, he, along with James, Jasnih, Arsad, Hamid Awang, Mohammad Mohamarin, Ben Chong Chen Bin and Norazlinah Arif joined Parti Gagasan Rakyat Sabah or Sabah People's Ideas' Party (GAGASAN).^[10]

List of leaders

List of Chairmen

No.	Chairmen	Term start	Term end	Time in office	Deputy Chairmen
1	Mustapha Harun (born 1918, death 1995) MLA for Bengkoka-Banggi, 1967–1976 MLA for Banggi, 1976–1981 MLA for Usukan, 1985–1986, 1987–1994	1990	1994	4 years	Unknown
2	Sakaran Dandai (born 1930, death 2021) MLA for Semporna, 1967–1985 MLA for Sulabayan, 1985–1990, 1994	1994	2002	8 years	Shafie Apdal (1995-2001)
3	Musa Aman (born 1951) MLA for Sungai Sibuga, 1994-2020	2003	9 December 2018	15 years	Shafie Apdal (2004/2005-2014/2015) Bung Moktar Radin (unknown date)
4	Hajiji Noor (born 1956) MLA for Sulaman, since 1990	10 December 2018	11 December 2018	1 day (Resigning due to supporting GBS coalition)	Yamani Hafez Musa (2018) (resigned due to pro-GBS movement)
During this interval, the position was vacant. (11–12 December 2018)
5	Bung Moktar Radin (born 1958) MP for Kinabatangan, since 1999	12 December 2018	Incumbent	5 years, 325 days	Yakub Khan (2018–2023) Abdul Rahman Dahlan (since 2023)

Elected representatives

Dewan Negara (Senate)

Senators

Noraini Idris @ Judith Fedelis – elected by the Sabah State Legislative Assembly

Dewan Rakyat (House of Representatives)

Members of Parliament of the 15th Malaysian Parliament

Sabah UMNO has 6 members in the House of Representatives.

State	No.	Parliament Constituency	Member
Sabah
	P173	Putatan	Shahelmey Yahya	UMNO
	P176	Kimanis	Mohamad Alamin	UMNO
	P177	Beaufort	Siti Aminah Aching	UMNO
	P184	Libaran	Suhaimi Nasir	UMNO
	P187	Kinabatangan	Bung Moktar Radin	UMNO
	P191	Kalabakan	Andi Muhammad Suryady Bandy	UMNO
Total	Sabah (6)

Dewan Undangan Negeri (State Legislative Assembly)

Sabah State Legislative Assembly

13 / 79

State	No.	Parliament Constituency	No.	State Constituency	Member
Sabah	P167	Kudat	N2	Bengkoka	Harun Durabi	UMNO
	P169	Kota Belud
	P169	Kota Belud	N10	Usukan	Salleh Said Keruak	UMNO
	P171	Sepanggar	N16	Karambunai	Yakubah Khan	UMNO
	P173	Putatan	N24	Tanjung Keramat	Shahelmey Yahya	UMNO
	P175	Papar	N29	Pantai Manis	Mohd Tamin @ Tamin Zainal	UMNO
	P184	Libaran	N51	Sungai Manila	Mokran Ingkat	UMNO
	P184	Libaran	N52	Sungai Sibuga	Mohamad Hamsan Awang Supain	UMNO
	P187	Kinabatangan	N58	Lamag	Bung Mokhtar Radin	UMNO
	P187	Kinabatangan	N59	Sukau	Jafry Ariffin	UMNO
	P188	Lahad Datu	N61	Segama	Mohamaddin Ketapi	UMNO
	P191	Kalabakan	N71	Tanjong Batu	Andi Muhammad Suryady Bandy	UMNO
	—			Nominated Member	Raime Unggi	UMNO
	—			Nominated Member	Suhaimi Nasir	UMNO
	Total	Sabah (13)

General election results

Election	Total seats won	Seats contested	Total votes	Voting Percentage	Outcome of election	Election leader
1995	9 / 192	9 (under BN)	Unknown	Unknown	9 seats; Governing coalition (Barisan Nasional)	Sakaran Dandai
1999	11 / 193	11 (under BN)	139,654	2.10%	2 seats; Governing coalition (Barisan Nasional)	Osu Sukam
2004	13 / 219	13 (under BN)	93,831	1.35%	2 seats; Governing coalition (Barisan Nasional)	Musa Aman
2008	13 / 222	13 (under BN)	154,207	1.95%	; Governing coalition (Barisan Nasional)	Musa Aman
2013	14 / 222	14 (under BN)	258,298	2.34%	1 seat; Governing coalition (Barisan Nasional)	Musa Aman
2018	7 / 222	14 (under BN)	199,395	1.65%	7 seats; Opposition coalition (Barisan Nasional) later Governing coalition (Barisan Nasional)	Musa Aman (resigned) Hajiji Noor (resigned) Bung Moktar Radin
2022	6 / 222	11 (under BN)	185,094	1.19%	1 seat; Governing coalition (Barisan Nasional)	Bung Moktar Radin

State election results

State election	State Legislative Assembly
State election	Sabah	Total won / Total contested

2/3 majority	2 / 3	2 / 3
1994	19 / 48	19 / 31
1999	24 / 48
2004	32 / 60	32 / 32
2008	32 / 60	32 / 32
2013	31 / 60	31 / 32
2018	17 / 60	17 / 32
2020	14 / 73	14 / 33
After 2022 GE (not including the appointed state legislative)	11 / 79	11 / 33

References

^ "'Mohamad Alamin dilantik sebagai timbalan menteri Luar Negeri'". 10 December 2022.
^ "The United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) in Sabah, East Malaysia: An Overview 1990-1994 International" (PDF). Hamdan Aziz (Ph.D) & Syahrin Said, Department of Nationhood and Civilization Studies, Centre for Fundamental and Liberal Education, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu (UMT). Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, Vol. 7, No. 12. 2017. ISSN 2222-6990. Retrieved 25 September 2021 – via HR Mars.
^ James Chin, 31
^ "UMNO Sabah lumpuh | Berita Harian".
^ "Bung Moktar dilantik Pengerusi Perhubungan UMNO Sabah baharu | Berita Harian".
^ "CNA Explains: What the Sabah political impasse means for federal politics". CNA. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
^ "New political crisis in Malaysia as Sabah government falls after Umno exits". South China Morning Post. 7 January 2023. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
^ "Sabah chief minister Hajiji reshuffles Cabinet, drops UMNO state chief Bung Moktar". CNA. Channel News Asia. 11 January 2023. Retrieved 6 February 2023.
^ "BN sokong Hajiji sebagai Ketua Menteri". 12 February 2023.
^ "5 Adun Sabah keluar UMNO umum sertai Parti Gagasan Rakyat Sabah dipimpin Hajiji Noor bersama 3 Adun Bebas". www.astroawani.com. Retrieved 21 February 2023.

Media related to United Malays National Organisation of Sabah at Wikimedia Commons

[1] "'Mohamad Alamin dilantik sebagai timbalan menteri Luar Negeri'". 10 December 2022.

[UMNOsabah-2] "The United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) in Sabah, East Malaysia: An Overview 1990-1994 International" (PDF). Hamdan Aziz (Ph.D) & Syahrin Said, Department of Nationhood and Civilization Studies, Centre for Fundamental and Liberal Education, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu (UMT). Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, Vol. 7, No. 12. 2017. ISSN 2222-6990. Retrieved 25 September 2021 – via HR Mars.

[3] James Chin, 31

[4] "UMNO Sabah lumpuh | Berita Harian".

[5] "Bung Moktar dilantik Pengerusi Perhubungan UMNO Sabah baharu | Berita Harian".

[6] "CNA Explains: What the Sabah political impasse means for federal politics". CNA. Retrieved 10 January 2023.

[7] "New political crisis in Malaysia as Sabah government falls after Umno exits". South China Morning Post. 7 January 2023. Retrieved 10 January 2023.

[8] "Sabah chief minister Hajiji reshuffles Cabinet, drops UMNO state chief Bung Moktar". CNA. Channel News Asia. 11 January 2023. Retrieved 6 February 2023.

[9] "BN sokong Hajiji sebagai Ketua Menteri". 12 February 2023.

[10] "5 Adun Sabah keluar UMNO umum sertai Parti Gagasan Rakyat Sabah dipimpin Hajiji Noor bersama 3 Adun Bebas". www.astroawani.com. Retrieved 21 February 2023.

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