The federal government must inform Sabahans of how it planned to resolve the issue of legalised illegals.
KOTA KINABALU: Tamparuli assemblyman Wilfred Bumburing wants the findings of the Royal Commission of Inquiry (RCI) on illegal immigrants in Sabah to be tabled at the next Parliament and State Legislative Assembly sittings.
He said an immediate action plan must be put in place and implemented based on the findings and recommendations by the RCI.
He was also hopeful that his call to nullify all MyKad issued dubiously which was included in the memorandum which he submitted to the Home Ministry when he was the Tuaran MP, be implemented.
Bumburing, who is also chairman of Movement for Change Sabah (APS), stressed that the people of Sabah who are the stakeholders have the right to know why there was a sudden and dramatic increase in the population.
He said Sabahans also must be informed of how the government planned to resolve this perennial problem.
“I understand if there are security issues involve which may warrants some facts not to be release in its totality, but generally what we want to know from the RCI is whether or not the problem of foreigners having been issued with Mykad through questionable methods would be resolved, and the problem of state and national security, sovereignty and true independence for Sabahan in the context of Malaysia would be honored and uphold,” Bumburing said.
It was reported recently that the five-man panel to the Royal Commission of Inquiry (RCI) have completed its report on illegal immigrants in Sabah in early January.
The panel has submitted the report to the King and Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak.
RCI chairman Steve Shim said it was up to the prime minister to take the necessary action.
The setting up of the RCI, which was announced by the Najib in August 2012, was to investigate the huge influx of illegal immigrants and issues relating to this in Sabah.
The inquiry began on Sept 21, 2012 and covered eight terms of reference, including investigating the number of foreigners who were issued Malaysian identity cards, whether the issuance was in accordance with the law, whether they had been registered in the Sabah electoral roll and the social implications of these foreigners here.
The RCI hearing, which started on Jan 14, 2013, heard testimonies from 211 witnesses.
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