His bungalow stood there until the entire parcel of land was purchased by Berjaya Group Tan Sri Vincent Tan for the development of the current Berjaya Times Square Kuala Lumpur.
In the afternoon following the accident, Deputy Chief Minister Harris Salleh was sworn in as the sixth Chief Minister of Sabah was United Sabah National Organization (USNO) secretary-general quit the party and teamed up with United Pasokmomogun Kadazandusun Murut Organisation (UPKO) originally founded by the first Chief Minister of Sabah, Tun Fuad Stephens in August 1961 to create a new party called BERJAYA In 1975.
This trip included a stop at the Berjaya Beach & Spa Resort on the Malaysian island of Langkawi.
He was elected a Member of the Sabah Legislative Assembly for the Tambunan electorate in 1976 under the BERJAYA party ticket, a party which was led by Harris Salleh (Chief Minister 1976-1985) and was appointed as a Minister in the cabinet of the ruling party.
Later that same year, Tun Fuad Stephens together with Harris Salleh formed the new political party BERJAYA.
In 1975, USNO's secretary-general Harris Salleh quit the party and teamed up with UPKO to create a new party called BERJAYA.