Sakaran - a gentleman politician - dies after battle with Covid-19


Tun Sakaran Dandai attending the UMNO general assembly 2011 opening in PWTC. AZMAN GHANI / The Star

KOTA KINABALU: Known as a "gentleman politician", Tun Sakaran Dandai died after a week-long battle with a Covid-19 infection on Monday. He was 91.

Sakaran, whose political career spanned from the formation of Malaysia in 1963 to becoming Umno's first chief minister in 1994 and later Governor, would always be remembered by many as a "good and humble man" in Sabah's rough and tumble politics.

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