TAWAU - Member of Parliment for Tawau, Datuk Chua Soon Bui, said most people in Sabah are adopting a "wait and see" attitude on the Terms of Reference (TOR) and the appointment of the panel members of the Royal Commission of Inquiry (RCI) in that they should be impartial as the issue is directly related to the sovereignty of the State and nation.
Chua, who is also Sabah Progressive Party (SAPP) Vice President, hoped the Government would protect the whistle blowers who are prepared to expose or provide confidential information to the RCI relating to illegal immigrants and how project IC or MyKads were given.
She said she was consistent and persistent in pursuing the RCI and TOR on illegal immigrants in Sabah, Projeck IC, foreigners and illegal immigrants in the State as the mother of all threats can be solved.
She said the RCI besides probing the unexplained explosive population that was reported to be 3.12 million in 2010, should also probe how to curb the influx of illegal immigrants.
"Illegal immigrants in Sabah are no more yesterday but also a problem of tomorrow if we continue to leave our borders porous."
The recent case of police arresting 19 persons including a National Registration Department (NRD) staff from Putrajaya in Tawau involved in the issuance of fake MyKads shows the severity of the problem.
Whistle blowers will be jailed under ISA becoz they know what is inside.
ReplyDeleteCan't expect them to come out in the open for fear of persecution.
Other than wait and see, what else can we do?
ReplyDeleteTakkan SAPP mahu rakyat Sabah berdemo pula?
Deletexmo kalau demo..tunggu dan lihat dulu..
DeleteRakyat tidak dapat memaksa tapi rakyat ada hak untuk mengundi PRU nanti.
DeleteThe terms of reference is still being finalized, once it was completed, the RCI will be established.
ReplyDeletehopefully the TOR will be completed soon..
DeleteTOR harus disiapkan dalam masa yang singkat.
Deleteharap2 sebelum PRU.
Deleteterma dan rujukan RCI dah berada di peringkat akhir, ia pasti siap tak lama lagi.
ReplyDeleteBaguslah kalau sudah di peringkat akhir, jadi sebelum PRU, RCI dapat di tubuhkan.
Deletetk lama lagi RCI akan ditubuhkan jg dan masalah2 berkaitan PATI akan dpt diselesaikan.
Deleteitulah yang saya dengar...kita tunggu dan lihat..
Deletemasih di peringkat untuk diperhalusi. semoga ToR memang terbaik
DeleteBukan mudah seperti yang difikirkan. Banyak lagi perlu diusahakan terutama TOR masih belum difinalise dan pemilihan panel juga unsur penting juga.
DeleteKita tunggu sahaja, pihak yang berkenaan tau membuat kerja mereka.
ReplyDeleteWe don't want any dilly delay anymore.
Deletehopefully the RCI will be set up before the 13GE..
DeleteThe people are supposed be able to know the investigation progress once the RCI is started.
ReplyDeletei agree...we have the rights to know how the progress going once the RCI has been set up by the govt..
DeleteToo fast for that.. TOR not even finalise yet and the selectionof panel will be another challenge too.
Deletehope there is no manipulation.
DeleteRCI, we need RCI to be setting up in Sabah.
ReplyDeletehope the RCI on illegal immigrant in sabah will be set up soon...
ReplyDeleteWhatever it is the issue need to be solved immediately.
ReplyDeletePATI issue should resolve in shortern period of time.
ReplyDeleteI don't think it can be solve in a short time.
DeletePATI harus dihantar balik ke negara asal. Jumlah ini boleh membawa banyak masalah dan mengugut keselamatan rakyat.
ReplyDeleteAgree to Ameerul, this group of people enough to bring great impact to social and economy issue.
DeleteNajib will do the best to setup RCI for PATI matter. We hope the positive outcome.
ReplyDeleteSiapa jugalah yang bagi masalah PATI di Sabah ni? Sabah telah dijadikan tempat persinggahan mengaut. Janganlah orang Sabah sendiri asyik berfikir, 'biar saja orang lain yang bersuara'.
ReplyDeleteKerajaan harus mengambil langkah yang cepat sebelum golongan PATI ini mengancam ketenteraman negeri Sabah.
ReplyDeleteusaha harus dibuat sampailah masalah pati ini benar-benar selesai.
DeletePrijek ic merupakan ancaman utama negara menghala demokrasi.
ReplyDeleteTOR shall finalize first. Then only the RCI can proceed.
ReplyDeleteBalik2 isu ini sahaja yang di panaskan. Kita tunggu dan lihat sahaja nnti.
ReplyDeletebiasalah, ada saja pihak yang mensensasikan sesuatu pekara.
Deletepolitical gimmick the opposition’s support for the call by various groups to set up a RCI on illegal immigrants and “Project IC” in Sabah.
ReplyDeleteI think such tactics were normal whenever a GE was approaching
DeleteRCI akan dilaksanakan bagi membantu menyelesaikan isu pati.
ReplyDeletesemua pihak harus bekerjasama untuk selesaikan masalah pati dan semua isu berkaitan.
ReplyDeletesemoga dengan penubuhan RCI nanti, masalah pati akan dapat diselesaikan sepenuhnya.
ReplyDeleteRCI..RCI...Bila agaknya akan ditubuhkan untuk menangani isu di Sabah ini.
ReplyDeleteJangan biarkan penduduk Sabah terus ternanti-nanti mengenai RCI ini.
ReplyDeleteKerajaan sedang dalam pengumpulan data yang terbaik untuk perkara ini. Ini bagi memastikan RCI nanti akan berjalan dengan baik dan lancar.
ReplyDeleteRCI bakal menggunakan dana awam yang besar.. so memang patut kerajaan membuat persediaan dan perancangan yang teliti.. semua ini mengambil masa..
DeleteSAPP tidak perlulah terlalu mendesak mengenai perkara ini. Kita tidak mahu nanti kesilapan yang akan berlaku nanti. Nanti SAPP juga yang menyalahkan kerajaan dengan penubuhan RCI yang tidak dikaji dengan baik.
ReplyDeletekalaupun RCI sedang berjalan hari ini, jangan harap la mereka puji kerajaan.. paling2 mereka cakap hanya gimik politik atau wayang kulit..
DeleteSAPP ni pun ikut rentak saja ba.. kenapa tidak bangkitkan isu ini ketika zaman Tun M atau sebaik SAPP keluar dari BN??
ReplyDeleteThere is a need to set in place additional precautionary measures to prevent immigrants from taking advantage of the ongoing National Registration Department’s (NRD) mobile registration drives to acquire Malaysian citizenship.
ReplyDeleteParti Bersatu Sabah (PBS) vice president Datuk Radin Malleh who suggested this, said although certain mechanisms were already in place, the NRD still needs to be extra careful to ensure that illegal immigrants are not mistakenly registered as locals and given Malaysian birth certificates and identity cards (ICs).
ReplyDelete“We ask the relevant authorities to be extra careful in registering the birth certificates and identity documents, so that they do not fall into the wrong hands especially illegal immigrants, as this could jeapordise the country’s sovereignty and future,” he said.
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ReplyDeleteRadin who is also Assistant Minister in the Chief Minister’s Department said the mobile registration was one of the government’s way to help the people, but to a certain extent, there might be a hint of truth to the association’s claims.
ReplyDeleteHe added that there were rules in place under the Federal Constitution for foreigners to get their citizenship and NRD must ensure that everyone abides by this.“If there is any truth that these immigrants are able to get the Malaysian identity cards and claim their citizenship that way, to me personally, it is not the right way. “We hope with the high-tech mechanisms that they mentioned, NRD will be able to properly screen them.”
ReplyDeleteHe noted that amongst the requirements of the Federal Constitution, one must reside in this country for a certain period of time, be fluent in the Malay language and the cultures of the country and take an oath before they can be granted citizenship, not simply impersonating as a local.
ReplyDeleteAlthough llegal immigrants may try, mechanisms are in place to ensure they do not get registered for birth certificates or ICs at mobile registration drives carried out by the National Registration Department (NRD) in rural areas.
ReplyDeleteIt is impossible for them to get Malaysian birth certificates and citizenship, said NRD Director, Ismail Ahmad. "We are actually trying to help Malaysians, especially those in the interior whose children are without or with late-registration birth certificate and ICs," he said "It might be true that a lot of them (illegals) come and wait with all the rest of the eligible people. But he might not know that their journey is only up to there, standing and waiting because they won't be entertained.
ReplyDelete"For legal foreigners, we will issue a red birth certificate to the children whose parent, either the mother or father is a Malaysian.
For locals who have no documents due to factors such as lack of awareness and living too far from the city, we will issue a green birth certificate (original Malaysian birth certificate). "We issue these documents to legal foreigners so that they can go to their embassy or consulate to get their passports done, whereas for our locals, we have to help them get their identification documents done so that they can go to school and so on," Ismail said.
He said the outreach programme currently being held in Semporna to register locals without valid identification documents, is meant to help the locals.
ReplyDeleteHe said that since the programme started on Feb. 20, he said a total of 3,067 Malaysians were found to be without birth certificates.A total of 193 children had court endorsement to get ICs while 731 of them are still without the court's endorsement.
ReplyDeleteHe pointed out that before a programme is held, the NRD would first have a meeting with the District Officer and all community leaders of an area, then give them the family information form to be distributed to those applying for documentation.
ReplyDelete"After that, all the forms will be sent to the NRD to be screened to verify whether those in the list are genuinely Malaysian, before putting the list out and calling the people involved to come and register after a couple of days," Ismail said. It is only after screening that the department would set a date to conduct the mobile registration programme to the said village, he said.
He said representatives from the Immigration Department, special branch, court, Election Commission, and Malaysian Anti Corruption Commission among others will also be present then. "This shows just how strict we are in issuing documents to the people. If there really are suspicious cases and people trying to crawl their way into getting a citizenship, Ismail said they would straightaway refer the cases to the police (special branch) before proceeding further. "For example, there were one or two cases in Sandakan recently, where the village head was trying to support the application of illegals to be registered to obtain Malaysian documents. They were caught and convicted," he revealed.
ReplyDeleteMeanwhile, he explained that some of the reasons behind some people not having any valid documents are due to logistics. "Some of them have to spend an amount of money and time and they just don't feel like doing it. Some may think it's not important while some may feel that it would be troublesome because their father has more than one wife, and things just become more complicated. "Some do not want to go through all the hassle of having to go to relevant agencies and departments because they might have got married kampung style, and so on," he pointed out.
ReplyDeleteFurther on, he said among those, who the NRD strictly do not entertain, are the palaau or sea gypsies. "These people live without documents, and we cannot do anything about it.,Apart from that, those found to be illegal immigrants trying to get citizenship or identification documents also will not be entertained," he said. "Only genuine locals or those born here, with one of their parents being a Malaysian will be entertained, but we still differentiate them using red (query certificate)," Ismail stressed.
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