KOTA KINABALU - A member of the Royal Commission of Inquiry into Sabah's illegal immigrants has filed a RM50mil suit against two local activists for alleged defamation.
Tan Sri Herman Luping, who is a former Deputy Chief Minister and state Attorney-General, filed the suit against Sabah Bersih coordinator Andrew Ambrose Mudi and environmental activist S.M. Muthu over their statements on his appointment as a commission member.
Luping, who submitted the suit via e-filing on Monday through his counsel Marcel Jude, is seeking a court order to restrain both men from making further defamatory remarks as well as to remove an article on him from the news website www.freemalaysiatoday.com.
In his statement of claim, he said Mudi had made defamatory statements against him in the article entitled “Luping's RCI Appointment Comes Under Fire”, which was published by the website on Aug 13 this year.
He claimed that the statements were calculated to make negative and false inferences about him, including that he was untrustworthy, unfit to be in the commission, dishonest and “a criminal”.
Mudi, he further alleged, had also made the statements via Facebook on Aug 12 and on Twitter that he “could not be trusted and (was) a corrupt politician”.
He said Muthu had also posted further false, malicious and abusive statements about him on Facebook.
Luping is seeking punitive damages, statutory interest and other relief deemed fit by the court.
RCI masih belum ditubuh dan menjalankan siasatannya.
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DeleteA Royal Commission of Inquiry (RCI) probing Sabah's longstanding immigrant problem has begun work with the appointment of an investigating officer.
ReplyDeleteCommission Secretary Datuk Saripuddin Kasim said the officer began his duties on Monday.
“The officer will be responsible for investigating any matter relating to the commission's terms of reference,” Saripuddin said in a statement here yesterday.
ReplyDeletePrime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak had announced on Aug 11 the setting up of the five-member commission.
It would also investigate if the issuance of MyKad or citizenship was according to the law and whether immigrants holding MyKad, temporary identification receipts or citizenship documents had illegally been registered into the electoral rolls.
DeleteThe commission would also probe if the authorities had taken any action or made any improvement to standard operating procedures (SOP), measures and regulation to prevent any infringement of the law.
DeleteThe commission would also probe if the authorities had taken any action or made any improvement to standard operating procedures (SOP), measures and regulation to prevent any infringement of the law.
DeleteIn its investigation of such SOP, measures and regulation, the commission is to take into account international standards and norms used in Malaysia and recommend any amendment or change to improve these.
DeleteIt will also check the reasons for the increase in the state's population of Sabahans living here, including those given MyKads and citizenship through late birth registration, foreign workers and their families, illegal immigrants and refugees, and their impact on the electoral roll.
DeleteThe commission will also investigate the social implications of the issuance of MyKads or citizenship to immigrants.
The commission is headed by former Chief Judge of Sabah and Sarawak Tan Sri Steve Shim Lip Kion.
ReplyDeleteOther members are former Universiti Malaysia Sabah vice-chancellor Datuk Dr Kamaruzaman Ampon, former Sabah Attorney-General Tan Sri Herman Luping, ex-Kuala Lumpur police chief Datuk Henry Chin, who is now Malaysian Crime Prevention Foundation deputy chairman, and former State Secretary Datuk K.Y. Mustafa.
The commission had been asked to complete their probe in six months under eight terms of reference, including determining the number of immigrants in Sabah that were given MyKad or citizenship and if these were done legally.
ReplyDeleteIt would also investigate if the issuance of MyKad or citizenship was according to the law and whether immigrants holding MyKad, temporary identification receipts or citizenship documents had illegally been registered into the electoral rolls.
ReplyDeleteRCI perlu melaksanakan tugasan dengan penuh amanah
ReplyDeleteSuruhanjaya siasatan Di Raja (RCI) untuk pendatang haram di Sabah diberi masa enam bulan untuk menyiasat dakwaan bahawa pendatang haram diberi kad pengenalan bagi membolehkan mereka mengundi dalam pilihan raya di negeri tersebut.
ReplyDeletePerdana Menteri Datuk Seri Najib Razak mengumumkan lapan perkara terma RCi tersebut dan mengatakan ianya telah mendapat persetujuan Yang di-Pertuan Agong.
ReplyDeletePenubuhan RCI membuktikan komitmen kerajaan untuk menyiasat isu yang berkaitan dengan pendatang haram di Sabah.
ReplyDeleteKerajaan berharap rakyat Sabah akan mendapat manfaat daripada RCI ini dan membantu kerajaan untuk mencari cara dan strategi terbaik untuk menyelesaikan masalah ini.
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