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Monday, January 14, 2013

Sabah RCI venue evacuated over bomb scare


The Kota Kinabalu High Court, where the royal commission of inquiry (RCI) on immigrants in Sabah is ongoing, has been evacuated following a bomb scare.

RCI chief Steve Shim abruptly suspended the inquiry at 2.47pm after commission secretary Saripuddin Kassim went up to the panel and muttered something.

“Due to some emergency, we are stopping now,” said Shim, before police moved in and ushered everyone outside of the courthouse compound.

Police remained tight-lipped but asked everyone to wait across the road from the courthouse as there could be “danger”.

“Everyone please stand farther away until we have completed our investigation,” said an officer through a loudhailer.

A bomb disposal unit arrived 15 minutes later and a section of Jalan Pantai, which faces the courthouse, was cordoned off.

report by Nigel Aw
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45 comments:

  1. Bea Raymond KisilJanuary 15, 2013 at 2:00 PM

    A total of 446,173 immigrants have been deported from Sabah from 1990 till now, the Royal Commission of Inquiry (RCI) on illegal immigrants heard today.

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  2. Bea Raymond KisilJanuary 15, 2013 at 2:00 PM

    Federal Special Taskforce for Sabah and Labuan director Datuk Suhaimi Mohd Salleh also said today that there were 300,393 foreigners in Sabah and Labuan in 1990, comprising illegal immigrants, foreign workers and refugees.

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  3. Bea Raymond KisilJanuary 15, 2013 at 2:00 PM

    “Our 2007 census on all settlements showed that there were 59,237 (Filipino refugees),” Suhaimi told the RCI here. “In 2011, our census in 16 (out of 32) settlements showed 38,158 (refugees),” he said.

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  4. Bea Raymond KisilJanuary 15, 2013 at 2:00 PM

    Suhaimi said that there was not enough time or manpower to complete the 2011 census in the remaining 16 settlements in Sabah and Labuan.

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  5. Bea Raymond KisilJanuary 15, 2013 at 2:00 PM

    RCI chairman Tan Sri Steve Shim Lip Kiong pointed out that the federal taskforce was allocated RM72 million.

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  6. Bea Raymond KisilJanuary 15, 2013 at 2:00 PM

    “It was sufficient for our first census. But (that money) is for all our operations, including the cost of deportation, arrests, and food and drinks, not just for the census,” said Suhaimi.

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  7. Bea Raymond KisilJanuary 15, 2013 at 2:01 PM

    He told a full courtroom today that the federal taskforce was still deporting undocumented refugees.

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  8. Bea Raymond KisilJanuary 15, 2013 at 2:01 PM

    “The newer refugees (after the Seventies) who have no reason to seek refuge aside from the conflict in south Philippines, and who have no documents, were handed over to the Immigration (Department),” he said.

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  9. Bea Raymond KisilJanuary 15, 2013 at 2:01 PM

    Suhaimi stressed that the federal taskforce had never given identity cards to foreigners, but only census certificates.

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    1. AnonymousJanuary 15, 2013 at 2:49 PM

      Make sure none of the foreigners can get MyKad's easily without following the procedures.

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    2. No nameJanuary 16, 2013 at 9:12 AM

      Betul, pemberian mykad harus mengikut prosedur yang betul.

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    3. AnonymousJanuary 16, 2013 at 1:25 PM

      Pihak yang tidak mengikut prosedur yang betul harus dikenakan tindakan.

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    4. kamillaJanuary 17, 2013 at 5:10 PM

      Hukuman berat perlu di kenakan kepada mereka yang tidak mengikuti peraturan.

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  10. Bea Raymond KisilJanuary 15, 2013 at 2:01 PM

    Moktar Yassin Ajam, secretary of Internal Affairs and Research in the Chief Minister’s Department, earlier today said there were 33,019 Filipino refugees in Sabah in 2010 without IMM13 documents

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    1. AnonymousJanuary 15, 2013 at 2:45 PM

      Should they be send back to Philippines?

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    2. AnonymousJanuary 16, 2013 at 1:26 PM

      Betul, adakah golongan ini boleh dihantar ke negara asal?

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  11. Bea Raymond KisilJanuary 15, 2013 at 2:01 PM

    “The 73,000 refers to those registered at settlement units from 1976 to 1985,” said Moktar.

    “The 33,000 figure refers to the census at settlement units between 2007 and 2010, where we were of the opinion that there were refugees who did not have the IMM13 documents. This includes their children,” he added.

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    1. AnonymousJanuary 15, 2013 at 2:42 PM

      What will happen to these refugees without documents?

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    2. No nameJanuary 16, 2013 at 9:24 AM

      Apakah rancangan kerajaan dengan refugees tanpa dokumen yang sah ini?

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    3. kamillaJanuary 17, 2013 at 5:13 PM

      Hantar balik sahaja ke tempat asal mereka jika benar-benar masuk tanpa dokumen yang sah dan meragukan.

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  12. Bea Raymond KisilJanuary 15, 2013 at 2:02 PM

    The bespectacled man said that out of 33,019 refugees without IMM13 documents, 15,000 were children.

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  13. Bea Raymond KisilJanuary 15, 2013 at 2:02 PM

    “They are the third and fourth generations from Filipino refugees who came in the early ‘70s,” said Moktar.

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  14. Bea Raymond KisilJanuary 15, 2013 at 2:02 PM

    He added that the Immigration Department stopped issuing IMM13 documents since 2005.

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    1. AnonymousJanuary 15, 2013 at 2:38 PM

      Any IMM13 documents issued after 2005 must be fake.

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    2. No nameJanuary 16, 2013 at 9:25 AM

      Golongan yang menggunakan dokumen palsu harus dikenakan tindakan.

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    3. AnonymousJanuary 16, 2013 at 1:32 PM

      Betul kata no name, jika golongan yang menggunakan dokumen palsu tidak dikenakan tindakan, maka, aktiviti dokumen palsu ini akan berterusan.

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  15. AnonymousJanuary 15, 2013 at 2:35 PM

    Perbuatan sama dengan pengganas.

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  16. Qistina MoreaJanuary 15, 2013 at 3:45 PM

    Pihak tersebut pasti rasa terancam dengan RCI.siapa agaknya yang sebarkan adanya bom ni?

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  17. Qistina MoreaJanuary 15, 2013 at 3:47 PM

    Rasanya siasatan RCI ni perlu dilanjutkan lagi lebih dari 6 bulan.

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    1. No nameJanuary 16, 2013 at 9:26 AM

      RCI harus membuktikan kebolehan untuk menanggani isu PATI yang semakin di luar kawalan.

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    2. AnonymousJanuary 16, 2013 at 1:28 PM

      RCI memerlukan lebih masa untuk mencari kesan dan bukti.

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  18. unknownJanuary 15, 2013 at 9:47 PM

    I think the man is desperately want something happen in the court room.

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  19. unknownJanuary 15, 2013 at 9:50 PM

    Memang orang gila mangkali tu.

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  20. unknownJanuary 15, 2013 at 9:54 PM

    This is so distracting the whole hearing.

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  21. unknownJanuary 15, 2013 at 9:56 PM

    Memang pun.

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  22. unknownJanuary 15, 2013 at 10:03 PM

    Luckily nothing happen.

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  23. unknownJanuary 15, 2013 at 10:06 PM

    Harap2 bisuk tiada apa2 berlaku la.

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  24. unknownJanuary 15, 2013 at 10:08 PM

    RCI is the place to investigate.

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  25. unknownJanuary 15, 2013 at 10:08 PM

    Ini tempat untuk pendatang asing dibicarakan.

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  26. unknownJanuary 15, 2013 at 10:11 PM

    Many witnesses will come over.

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  27. unknownJanuary 15, 2013 at 10:15 PM

    Let the truth speaks.

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  28. No nameJanuary 16, 2013 at 9:27 AM

    Sudah pasti ada pihak salah gunakan kuasa dan memberi dokumen melalui pintu belakang.

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  29. AnonymousJanuary 16, 2013 at 1:29 PM

    Inilah kelemahan kerajaan membenarkan warga asing ke negara kami.

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  30. manteraJanuary 18, 2013 at 10:21 AM

    RCI harus dijalankan jg walaupun ada pihak cuba menganggu.

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  31. manteraJanuary 18, 2013 at 10:23 AM

    semua rakyat haru memberi kerjasama dalam memastikan RCI berjalan dgn lancar.

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