These nationals, according to him, were being issued with MyKads, and entered into electoral rolls after being issued with Umno membership cards.
“Even Bugis and Indian NGOs are reportedly involved in assisting the newcomers to obtain MyKads and recruiting them as Umno members and voters for hire,” he said in a statement. “There has been a drop in the number of Filipinos flooding the electoral rolls.”
“It is only a matter of time before these ‘new’ Malaysians – Bugis and Indians – recruited for political purposes explode with their own brand of problems, including the risk of imported Islamic State (IS) militancy.”
Jeffrey, who is also Star Sabah Chief, was responding to various statements on the Eastern Sabah Security Command (Esscom) stepping up security measures in the Eastern Sabah Security Zone (Esszone).
He dismissed the security measures as meaningless and appealed to authorities to take a more serious look at the claims instead.
Kitingan referred to the revelations of the Royal Commission of Inquiry (RCI) regarding the influx of illegal immigrants to Sabah that resulted in a population explosion there and called for tackling security issues in Sabah on a more comprehensive and holistic basis.
These included, he stressed, the establishment of a Sabah Homeland Security Department, the recall of all MyKads issued in Sabah and their replacement with Sabah ICs.
He also called for engagement with southern Philippines and Sulawesi to develop the local economy there so as to prevent Manila and Jakarta from exporting their impoverished masses to Sabah.
“With development and improving economies and security, their nationals will stay in their home countries, rather than venture across the Sulu and Sulawesi seas to find work in Sabah,” said Jeffrey.
He added, ”These measures will make Sabah safer and eventually there will be no necessity for Esscom.”
By John Joseph
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