Sabah Umno ‘rebel’ Hamsan Awang Supain dies at 65

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18 Jan 2025 • 9:12 PM MYT
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By: FMT

PETALING JAYA: Hamsan Awang Supain, an assistant minister in Sabah, died today at the age of 65.

Hamsan was among several Sabah Umno assemblymen who disobeyed party orders on withdrawing support for chief minister Hajiji Noor in January 2023.

Advertisement (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});A former returning officer in Sandakan, he was elected as assemblyman for Sungai Sibuga in the 2020 state election, defeating his closest contender, Warisan’s Armani Mahiruddin, with a 1,538-vote majority.

He later became state assistant minister for local government.

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