2023 Sabah political crisis

2023 Sabah political crisis
Date	6 January – 12 February 2023
Location	Sabah, Malaysia
Also known as	Kinabalu Move; (Malay: Langkah Kinabalu)
Cause	Attempted parliamentary coup d'état by UMNO Sabah and WARISAN; Mass resignation of BERSATU Sabah members and leaders; Expulsion of BERSATU Sabah from Gabungan Rakyat Sabah;
Participants	Members of 16th Sabah State Legislative Assembly; Chief Minister of Sabah;
Outcome	Gabungan Rakyat Sabah retains power; Hajiji remains chief minister; Bung Moktar removed as deputy chief minister; Cabinet reshuffled to include Pakatan Harapan; Takeover of GAGASAN by former BERSATU members led by Hajiji; Passing of Anti-Switching Parties Law;

The 2023 Sabah political crisis or widely reported on local media as Langkah Kinabalu or the Kinabalu Move, began on 6 January 2023, when the state government of Sabah led by Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) collapsed when its coalition party Barisan Nasional (BN) withdrew its support. The Leader of UMNO Sabah, a component party of BN, Bung Moktar Radin, Kinabatangan Member of Parliament (MP) and Lamag Assemblyman, cited a lack of confidence in the leadership of Chief Minister of Sabah Hajiji Noor in the withdrawal. UMNO Sabah want to change support from supporting GRS coalition to supporting the WARISAN Plus coalition. On 9 January, both Malaysian leaders, prime minister Anwar Ibrahim and deputy prime minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi travelled to Kota Kinabalu to meet with Sabah political leaders. This crisis resulted in the approval of the Anti-Switching Parties Law in Sabah (approved in 25 May 2023) and the GRS coalition succeeded in retaining the government.

As of 6 February, there have been no changes in the status quo regarding the government of Sabah, following the decision of 5 UMNO MLAs who publicly supported Hajiji despite Bung's decision, and a reshuffle of the state cabinet on 11 January as a result. As of 25 May 2023, Sabah State Legislative Assembly finally approved the Anti-Switching Parties Law (Anti-frogs habit).