Sabah has lost an experienced and exceptional leader with the passing of Parti Bersatu Rakyat Sabah founder Joseph Kurup, says Chief Minister Hajiji Noor.

Expressing sympathy and condolences to the late leader's family, Hajiji said he had worked alongside Joseph as an assistant minister in the Sabah Ministry of Industrial Development in 1994, earning a deep respect for the veteran Sabah leader.

"I remember his...