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Ramlee Marahaban

Candidate · P189 Semporna (2018)

3 elections contested

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Due-diligence summary

AI-prepared from 3 records · 14 Oct 2026

Current

Sabah State Assemblyman for N54 Bugaya (status post-2018 not covered by records)E2

Overall due diligence

High

Enhanced due diligence required

State legislator and federal candidate with PEP exposure, while corporate, financial, litigation and integrity checks remain open in the records.

Electoral resilience

Medium

Two consecutive state wins (2008, 2013) at N54 Bugaya, including a 3,503-vote majority in 2013; lost the P189 Semporna federal seat in 2018.

Political continuity

Stable

UMNO/BN across all three recorded contests; no party switches documented.

Integrity signal

Open

No allegations, charges or court records appear in the file; absence of records is not evidence of a clean record.

Financial / corporate

Open

No SSM company filings, asset declarations, or financial disclosures in the records.

Key record

2008Won N54 Bugaya (Sabah state), UMNO/BN (listed as 0 votes in the record, consistent with an unopposed return).E3
2013Re-won N54 Bugaya with 6,642 votes, majority 3,503.E2
2018Contested P189 Semporna federal seat for UMNO/BN; lost with 6,135 votes.E1

Risk profile

How much due-diligence attention each area needs — not a finding of wrongdoing.

PEP exposureMedium
Sabah state legislator and one-time federal candidate on a major coalition ticket.
Political influence & networksMedium
UMNO/BN in Semporna-Bugaya area; senior coalition positioning in Sabah.
Public procurement interfaceOpen
No procurement or government-contract records provided.
Corporate / GLC exposureOpen
No company registry, GLC directorship, or foundation records provided.
Litigation historyOpen
No civil or criminal court records provided.
Regulatory / criminal findingsOpen
No MACC, police, or regulator findings in the file.
Financial transparencyOpen
No asset-declaration or financial-disclosure records provided.
Media & reputationOpen
No media-monitoring records provided.

Key roles & positions

Sabah State Assemblyman, N54 Bugaya (2008-2013 term; re-elected 2013)E3 E2
Candidate, P189 Semporna, federal (GE14, 2018)E1

Networks & connections

UMNO/BN candidate in Semporna-Bugaya (Sabah) across 2008, 2013 and 2018.E3 E2 E1

Key findings

Consistent UMNO/BN candidate in Sabah over three electoral cycles (2008, 2013, 2018).E3 E2 E1
Strong state-seat performance at N54 Bugaya, including a 3,503-vote majority in 2013; failed in the 2018 federal move to P189 Semporna.E2 E1

Red flags / areas of concern

PEP exposure is elevated due to a state legislative seat and a federal candidacy on the ruling coalition ticket.E2 E1

Mitigating factors

Sustained electoral success at state level demonstrates a durable local mandate within the documented contests.E3 E2

Recommended next steps

1Run SSM company-registry and beneficial-ownership searches for Ramlee Marahaban and related entities.
2Check the Sabah state asset-declaration register and any federal SPR declaration filings for the relevant terms.
3Pull court-registry checks (eKHK / e-LRSS) for civil and criminal matters across Sabah and Kuala Lumpur jurisdictions.
4Search MACC and PDRM public records, and any Auditor-General findings touching N54 Bugaya allocations or Semporna federal projects.
5Review Hansard and Sabah state assembly records for any conflict-of-interest or procurement-related disclosures.
6Confirm whether he contested or holds any post-2018 party or elected position, given the 2018 federal loss.

Assessment

The records establish Ramlee Marahaban as a long-standing UMNO/BN figure in Sabah with two consecutive N54 Bugaya state wins (2008 likely unopposed, 2013 by a 3,503-vote margin) and a 2018 federal loss at P189 Semporna. There are no allegations, charges, or adverse findings on file. The main caveat is that corporate, financial, litigation and regulatory dimensions are entirely open in this brief and require dedicated SSM, court-registry, MACC and asset-declaration checks before any weight can be placed on apparent cleanliness.

Public-record review · allegations ≠ findings · a charge is not a conviction · every point links to its source record (E official results, R reviewed records, N collected reports). Prepared by AI from the records on this page; not an analyst finding, and it can be wrong.

Biography

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Legal history & jail time

Arrests, charges, convictions, sentences, acquittals and pardons as reported by credible sources. Each item is marked with its stage — a charge is not a conviction — and outcomes are listed where reported.

No legal history found in the sources collected so far.

Scandals & controversies

Allegations and investigations as reported by credible outlets. An allegation is not a finding; read each with its stage and source.

No scandals or controversies found in the sources collected so far.

In the news

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Electoral record

Contested 3 elections, won 2.

GE14 (2018)2nd of 4
P189 Semporna
UMNO · BN · 6,135 votes (18.4%)
Sabah state election 2013Won by 3,503
N54 Bugaya
UMNO · BN · 6,642 votes (57.7%)
Sabah state election 2008Won unopposed
N54 Bugaya
UMNO · BN

Election	Seat	Ticket	Votes	Result
GE14 (2018)	P189 Semporna	UMNO · BN	6,135 18.4%	2nd of 4
Sabah state election 2013	N54 Bugaya	UMNO · BN	6,642 57.7%	Won by 3,503
Sabah state election 2008	N54 Bugaya	UMNO · BN	—	Won unopposed

Official gazetted results via the Malaysian Election Corpus (grade A record).

Collected automatically from credible outlets and Wikipedia, then cross-checked: Verified items match the official record, Confirmed items were reported by two or more different outlets, and single-source items are one outlet’s report. Partisan and anonymous claims are never shown.