https://www.scmp.com/rss/524300/feed The latest news and top stories on Hajiji Noor, Sabah Chief Minister. He assumed the role in September 2020, leading the Gabungan Rakyat Sabah coalition to victory. His career began in public service and media before entering politics in 1990 as a Sulaman assemblyman. He previously served as Political Secretary to a Deputy Prime Minister and held various assistant ministerial positions, including Finance and Industrial Development, before becoming Minister of Housing and Local Government. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Iman Muttaqin Yusof Iman Muttaqin Yusof Malaysia’s Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim faces a more complex political landscape ahead after his coalition was routed in Sabah’s polls, as analysts warn he would need to craft a compelling narrative to win over voters ahead of the next general election. Anwar’s Pakatan Harapan coalition won a single seat of the 73 up for grabs in Saturday’s election, from his own Parti Keadilan Rakyat, a stinging rebuke to a government perceived to have failed to fix Sabah’s perennial problems, ranging from... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3334791/why-malaysias-anwar-faces-uphill-task-after-sabah-election-trouncing-win-back-voters?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3334791/why-malaysias-anwar-faces-uphill-task-after-sabah-election-trouncing-win-back-voters?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 01 Dec 2025 11:05:39 +0000 Joseph Sipalan Joseph Sipalan Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s ruling Pakatan Harapan (PH) federal coalition was dealt a disastrous blow in Malaysia’s Sabah state, where a key partner was completely wiped out in a state election seen as a referendum on his leadership. Saturday’s polls were widely seen as a decisive contest that could set the political trajectory for Anwar’s federal administration with just two years before a national election must be called by early 2028 at the latest. Early on Sunday, the Election Commission... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3334597/malaysias-sabah-begins-voting-anwar-faces-test-over-coalitions-performance?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3334597/malaysias-sabah-begins-voting-anwar-faces-test-over-coalitions-performance?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 29 Nov 2025 02:18:09 +0000 Ushar Daniele,Joseph Sipalan Ushar Daniele,Joseph Sipalan A gentle breeze stirs the wooden houses of Sarang, a sleepy fishing village on Sabah’s northern coast, its tranquillity seemingly at odds with the mounting troubles facing the resource-rich yet persistently impoverished Malaysian state. For years, Sabahans have endured water shortages, power cuts and some of the lowest wages in the country. Each time the taps run dry or the lights flicker out, local fisherman Johan Toikin is reminded of the central government’s failure to fulfil the commitments... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3333731/malaysias-poorest-state-prepares-poll-shock-pm-anwar-sabahs-right?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3333731/malaysias-poorest-state-prepares-poll-shock-pm-anwar-sabahs-right?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 22 Nov 2025 00:00:20 +0000 Joseph Sipalan,Hadi Azmi Joseph Sipalan,Hadi Azmi At least 13 people – including seven children – have died in an unprecedented spate of landslides across Malaysia’s Sabah as heavy rain batters its western coast in the deadliest storms to hit the state in nearly 30 years. Nearly 90 incidents of landslides, flash flooding and road collapses have been reported over the past week, according to state authorities, as residents brace for worse to come after the Malaysian Meteorological Department issued a fresh storm warning on Tuesday. The death... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/health-environment/article/3325696/13-dead-including-7-children-malaysias-sabah-storms-trigger-more-landslides?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/health-environment/article/3325696/13-dead-including-7-children-malaysias-sabah-storms-trigger-more-landslides?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 16 Sep 2025 06:21:44 +0000 Joseph Sipalan Joseph Sipalan Nearly a quarter of a million people were left without electricity over the weekend in Malaysia’s Sabah state after torrential rain triggered landslides that killed at least one person and took out a transmission tower that cut power across a large area. Footage shared widely on social media showed the tower leaning precariously after it was hit by a landslide in the district of Penampang on the state’s west coast on Saturday evening. The incident cut power supply to six districts in Sabah’s... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/health-environment/article/3325564/landslides-malaysias-sabah-cut-power-almost-250000-people-kill-1?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/health-environment/article/3325564/landslides-malaysias-sabah-cut-power-almost-250000-people-kill-1?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 15 Sep 2025 06:22:27 +0000