Of vacancies and by-elections

Will the sad and untimely death of Datuk Seri Bung Moktar Radin trigger federal and state by-elections?

THE late Datuk Seri Bung Moktar Radin held two different seats at the time of his death – the federal Parliament seat of Kinabatangan and the Sabah Assembly seat of Lamag – to which he had just been re-elected on the Barisan Nasional ticket on Nov 29 in a tight six-cornered contest.