Lajim Ukin was the Member of Parliament for the Beaufort constituency in Sabah from 2008 to 2013, the Deputy Minister of Transport from 2008 to 2009, and the Deputy Minister for Housing and Local Government from 2009 to 2012; in the federal Barisan Nasional coalition government.
16 Facts About Lajim Ukin
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Lajim Ukin was the Leader of the Opposition in the Sabah State Legislative Assembly.
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Lajim Ukin was the Malaysian United Indigenous Party supreme council member and Amanah Ikhtiar Malaysia executive chairman at the time of his death in 2021.
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Lajim Ukin was a member of the United Sabah Party before defecting to United Malays National Organisation in 1994.
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Lajim Ukin later served as Deputy Chief Minister in the Sabah government.
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Lajim Ukin was elected to Parliament in the 2008 election, as a member of the United Malays National Organisation in the seat of Beaufort.
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Lajim Ukin was appointed Deputy Minister for Transport, moving to the portfolio of Housing and Local Government in 2009.
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Lajim Ukin recontested his parliamentary seat of Beaufort in the 2013 election on a People's Justice Party ticket, but was defeated.
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Lajim Ukin became the leader of the opposition in the State Assembly.
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On 2 October 2016, Lajim Ukin resigned from PKR along with two other Pakatan Harapan assemblymen.
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Lajim Ukin has stated his intention to form a new Sabah-based party and ally with the former Sabah UMNO leader, Shafie Apdal.
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Lajim Ukin later decided to establish a separate party from Shafie, known as Sabah People's Hope Party, which was finally approved by Registrar of Societies on 25 October 2016.
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In early 2017, Lajim Ukin was injured after falling from a train car on the way to attend a wedding.
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Lajim Ukin was then referred to a local traditional Chinese medicine practitioner or "sinseh" and was advised to rest for one week.
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In 2021, Lajim Ukin was screened and tested positive for COVID-19 at Gleneagles Hospital Kota Kinabalu on 1 August before his admission to KPJ Sabah Specialist Hospital on 13 August.
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Lajim Ukin's remains were brought to his hometown at Kampung Kebatu Beaufort for last rites and burial.