RCI on illegals: Motion rejected

There must be a royal commission to find out why Sabah’s population has gone up by almost 400% in 40 years, says SAPP

KUALA LUMPUR: The Sabah Progressive Party (SAPP) is insisting that the government establish a royal commission of inquiry (RCI) to find out why Sabah’s population has increased by nearly 400% in 40 years.

The party’s deputy president, Eric Majimbun, renewed the call after Dewan Rakyat Speaker  Pandikar Amin Mulia rejected his motion to discuss the issue. It was rejected in chambers, he told reporters.

SAPP, like many other groups, suspects that the Barisan Nasional (BN) government has been covertly giving Malaysian citizenship to illegal immigrants in exchange for their votes.

Majimbun said Pandikar Amin’s reason for rejecting his motion was that the government was already addressing the issue of illegal immigration.

“Of course they are, but the problem persists and the action is taking too long,” he said.

Quoting from a census report, he said the Sabah population had ballooned by 390 % in 40 years.

“For West Malaysia there was an increase of 165%, for Sarawak it was 148%,” he added.
“An RCI has to be established to find out how and why.”

Majimbun called for a “total approach” to resolve the issue of illegal immigration, noting that several official efforts had failed.

Home Minister Hishammuddin Hussein announced last week that the government would embark on another amnesty programme for illegal immigrants. Under the scheme, to be rolled out next month, up to two million illegal immigrants will be allowed to work and live freely in Malaysia.

By Tarani Palani

Project IC: Is Anwar involved or not?

Project IC: Anwar has a case to answer

Anwar was not only DPM at the time, he was also Umno's head of operations in 1992 to 1994 to topple PBS. Can he really claim to be ignorant?'
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'Anwar not involved in Project IC'

ONG: Opposition Leader Anwar Ibrahim may not be directly involved in the Project IC in Sabah. But don't forget that he was deputy prime minister from 1993 to 1998. I find it hard to believe that as DPM, he did not know about such a huge project. Huge in every sense of the word.

Is former PBS supreme council member Dr Chong Eng Leong giving some kind of hint when he said that the question as to "whether Anwar was involved in the issue of ICs to non-citizens in Sabah" should be posed to Anwar himself?

But I guess that if asked that question, Anwar would be evasive, the same way he has been evasive on many other questions on his past conduct while in Umno.

Cannon: Anwar was not only DPM at the time, he was also Umno's head of operations in 1992 to 1994 to topple PBS using phantom votes. Can he really claim to be ignorant of such a massive Umno political exercise? Anwar has a case to answer.

Isa@1penyu: Khalid Jaafar, please let there be only one liar in PKR, and the golden boot for lying goes to none other than Anwar. As deputy prime minister, he does Umno work, while the prime minister runs the government.

Anwar was involved to the maximum and we all know it. Enough of lying - he should just say he regretted it, that would be easier to believe.

Anonymous_1d56: If Anwar was not involved as DPM, was he a sleeping DPM? Or a powerless or ignorant one?

M'siaKiniFan: Anwar, we demand your answer. We think you knew about the Project IC. You were the DPM in 2005, and 600,000 foreigners became instant citizens in order to vote for Umno. That is really sickening and totally unacceptable to us true Malaysians.

Chew Keng Cheow: Anwar may or may not have been involved, along with many other ills, when he was in Umno. That was then and this is now. Pakatan Rakyat has vowed to right this wrong and prevent any such conspiracy.

'Project IC' whistleblower: Pakatan states at risk

Swipenter: Who are the ones selling the country for political power and control? It is as clear as broad daylight that the Umno-led government, starting from Dr Mahathir Mohamad, started to sell the country big time to the "right kind" of foreigners under his vision of achieving a majority Muslim-Malay population as fast as possible.

Once that target has been achieved, they will leverage on their numerical superiority to further enhance their political agenda. But these plotters can never control all the variables in the equation.

Malaysians of Malay origin are now rebelling against this insidious plot and the recent immigrants are not that obedient. In their haste to achieve numerical superiority, they sacrifice quality for quantity like most things here, while local born-and-bred quality people are leaving the country at the same time because of social injustice. How ironical and paradoxical.

Ablastine: Treason it is, because if this continues, Malaysia will be very soon flooded with foreigners and become practically invaded by outside force without even firing a shot. Umno can very well negotiate with countries like Indonesia to send in perhaps about five million Indonesians to get ICs, on condition that they vote Umno.

Lim Chong Leong: Siapa penderhaka? Siapa pendatang? Siapa menjemput pendatang jadi warganegara? Biro Tata Negara (BTN), tolong jawab. Ahli Umno termasuk pendatang. Pendatang pun bukan pendatang sah tetapi pendatang haram!

20121221Disaster: If this is true, Umno leaders are the biggest threat to the nation. The longer Umno rules this country, the more problems will be created. PM Najib Razak really meant it when he referred to defending Putrajaya at all costs, even at the cost of the future of the nation.

Anonymous _be^g: Dr Chong has suddenly recovered from his failing memory, and after joining PKR, has remembered that such things were happening. This amnesia is contagious, like Anwar when he was deputy finance minister/finance minister. Chong's recollections date back to that time.

Anwar, can you let Chong know for sure that you were aware of such conspiracy where you were the No 2 in cabinet while Dr Mahathir Mohamad was No 1?

Paul Kerangkas: Chong Eng Leong, don't trust Anwar too much. It was because of him that the PBS government collapsed. Look at how Anwar treated Sabah PKR leaders.

In Malaysia, only Sabah has the presidential council. Why? The setting up of this council means he doesn't trust Sabah PKR leaders. If he cannot trust Sabah leaders, how can you expect him to help Sabah?

David Dass: Are the Malays better off by us bringing in millions of Indonesian and other Muslims migrants and increasing the ratio of Muslims to non-Muslims? Already the non-Muslim numbers are shrinking because of lower birth rates and emigration. So would the Malays and Malaysia be better off by replacing non-Malays with Indonesian and Muslims from the Philippines?

Is it a concern for anyone that the non-Muslims who are leaving are invariably highly educated or skilled Malaysians who are sought after by countries like Singapore and Australia?

Is this about winning elections? Do we not care about the cohesiveness and unity of our people? Do we not think that keeping the nation intact after generations of shared living experiences is a desirable goal?

Disgusted: This is seriously treason and should be strongly opposed by all true Malaysians, be it Malays, Chinese, Indians and indigenous people of both West and East Malaysia.

We were born here and having built up this nation with blood sweat and tears to what it is now only to be usurped by foreigners who have entered Umno via the back door and may one day outnumber Malays and other races, and take over this nation.

One example is Dr Mohd Khir Toyo who has reached a high rank. In Sabah, many in power via Umno are such people from Philippines and Indonesia.

Umno, desperate to hold on to power knowing its support among Malays is on the wane, is desperate enough to sell out by creating grassroots consisting of such people who have dual citizenship, especially in Penang.

The rakyat should wake up and see this folly and take action before it is too late and this country goes to the dogs.

The above are lifted from Malaysiakini

'Project IC' whistleblower: Pakatan states at risk

Hafiz Yatim

A key figure in the 'Project IC' exposé warns that attempts to register illegal immigrants as citizens to pad up the electoral roll, a practice allegedly rampant in Sabah, will likely spread to peninsular Malaysia.

Dr Chong Eng Leong (right in photo), a former Parti Bersatu Sabah leader, said that his 15 years of research chronicled in his book 'Lest We Forget', estimates that about 600,000 illegal immigrants were given citizenship under the 'Project IC' scheme.

Chong, now a PKR member, warned that likely targets for an expansion of this scheme are the states ruled by Pakatan Rakyat - Selangor, Penang, Kedah and Kelantan.

"This problem does not only affect national security but also land issues in Sabah... I would not be surprised if they used this modus operandi in Selangor or other Pakatan-held states," he told a press conference at the party's headquarters today.

In his book, published in 2009, Chong claimed that in 1986, Deputy Home Minister Megat Junid Megat Ayob and chief secretary of the government Ahmad Sarji Abdul Hamid had spearheaded 'Project IC'.

"In 1991, when Umno came to Sabah, there was a Sabah Umno task force where its directors were Musa Aman (current chief minister), Yahya Hussin and secretary Jabar Khan.

"The job of this task force was to look for foreigners in Sabah and issue them Malaysian ICs and then register them as Umno members (to) be included into the Sabah electoral rolls," he said.

All out defence of Putrajaya?

Chong pointed out that some Sabah Umno members including Jabar had been held under the Internal Security Act for their role in the issuance of Project IC to foreigners, which has also been dubbed 'Project M'.

PKR central committee member Khalid Jaafar (centre in photo) said that, if the matter was left uncurbed, it would become another obstacle to Pakatan's bid to take Putrajaya.

"(Prime Minister) Najib Abdul Razak has said he would defend Putrajaya at all costs. Is this one of the ways to be used?

"This method of retaining the government by registering illegal immigrants as citizens and registering them as voters in order to maintain their political control not only affects the security of the country but is also treason.”

Last week, PKR had alleged that a document, purportedly written by Hulu Selangor Umno division, shows proof that attempts to register a scheme similar to 'Project IC' is under way in Selangor. This has been denied.

Khalid said the Project IC may not be widely known in peninsular Malaysia but it is a hot political issue in Sabah.

“Various parties from Pakatan Rakyat and those within BN component parties have asked for the formation of a royal commission of inquiry into the matter to resolve the situation. Until today BN does not want to seriously resolve the situation.

“We know why because the Project IC is by Sabah Umno which is directed to control the political demography of the state and ensure Umno remains in power there. It is time that people in the peninsular understand this project as there is a possibility that it is being implemented here,” he said.

Khalid said that is why as part of the Orange Book or Buku Jingga, Pakatan Rakyat has pledged for the formation of the royal commission of inquiry to resolve the illegal immigrants and the Sabah citizenship issue.

“While we promise this (the formation of RCI) to resolve the problem, we also must be prepared that such syndicates may expand to peninsular Malaysia,” he said.

This was concurred by Chong, who said that is why he is supporting PKR as he does not want the alleged foreigners to usurp the political power and rights of natural born citizens in Sabah.

“I have said the amount now could be 600,000 but this is based on my estimate in 2005. Now those living there and given ICs have their children become naturalised citizens and they are given similar rights as citizens, including voting.

“I believe the second generation of project IC descendents are there in Sabah. Who knows some of them have come to migrate to peninsular Malaysia and transferred to various sensitive constituencies,” he said.

'BN has no intention of solving issue'

Chong said in 1994, PBS won 25 out of 48 seats in the state elections but lost the government through defections to BN.

He said the issuance of ICs to illegal immigrants continued and PBS was convincingly beaten in 1999.

“The federal BN government has no intention at all of solving this issue (of illegal immigrants being given citizenship). What is the point of Sabah being wealthy but our sovereign land is overwhelmed by illegals. The foreigners give rise to tremendous socio-economic effects in Sabah and very much upset its demography and political scenario,” he said.

“The BN federal government must realise that losing the sovereignty of Sabah means the collapse of Malaysia and I believe that was not the intention of the founding fathers of Sabah becoming independent through the formation of Malaysia,” he said.

For this reason, Chong said he wanted Pakatan Rakyat to win the next general election to resolve the mess which Umno and BN has created in Sabah, as pledged in the Orange Book.

“If Pakatan comes to power in Sabah, I hope they will resolve the issue as it is affecting the locals deeply, involving economic opportunities which should have been the right of the real citizens,” he said.

But he warned that what had happened to Sabah could happen in other states in peninsular Malaysia as what had been highlighted by Khalid, with alleged attempts in Selangor.

Ampang MP Zuraida Kamaruddin, who is also PKR Wanita chief, said based on Chong's experience, PKR may appoint Chong to supervise research over an operation by the NRD allegedly to give ICs to illegals here.

Akjan held

Kota Kinabalu: Self-proclaimed Sultan of Sulu Datu Mohd Akjan Ati Mohd (pic) was arrested at his Likas home Sunday afternoon, upon returning from Kuala Lumpur, it was reliably learnt.

It is believed that Akjan, who saw himself installed as the 33rd Sultan of Sulu at a private coronation ceremony in Likas on Feb 2, this year, was held for further investigations.

He was previously held under the ISA for involvement in producing fake identity cards.

Ramai Islam Di Semenanjung Murtad?

Mutalib M.D

ISU Murtad di Sabah bermula sejak era 1970-an apabila Kerajaan USNO melalui Pertubuhan Islam Seluruh Sabah (USIA) mengIslamkan ramai bumiputera Sabah yang tidak beragama ketika itu dan memberi pelbagai insentif seperti lesen pembalakan dan kemudahan menunaikan haji secara percuma; namun mengabaikan tanggung jawab mereka menyebarkan syiar Islam.

Sejak daripada itu, ramai Islam Politik telah kembali mengamalkan anutan agama nenek moyang mereka termasuk kembali memakan makanan yang dihalalkan agama Islam dan murtad disebabkan USIA ketika itu hanya menjalankan misi sulit mengIslam bumiputera bukan Islam tetapi misi berkenaan gagal. 

Akibatnya, Tun Mustapha (USNO) dan Datuk Harris Salleh (Berjaya) telah melaksanakan misi kedua meramaikan Umat Islam di Sabah untuk tujuan politik dengan memberi kerakyatan songsang kepada lebih 1.2 juta warga asing Filipina, Indonesia, Pakistan dan India untuk diternak sebagai pengundi yang kemudiannya membolehkan UMNO bertapak di Sabah.

Namun ramai warga asing yang bukan Islam, terutama penganut tegar Kristian seperti Visaya dan Tator mengambil kesempatan mendaftar dengan Skandal X-Files untuk mendapatkan kad pengenalan projek yang dikenali sebagai ‘IC Projek Mahathir’.

Dasar ‘Everyone Can Fly’ yang diperjuangkan Air Asia menyebabkan ramai warga asing Filipina yang mendapat kad pengenalan atau MyKad projek tetapi masih beragama Kristian berhijrah ke Semenanjung Malaysia dan menetap di beberapa negeri seperti Pulau Pinang dan Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur.

Walaupun kad pengenalan mereka menunjukkan nama dan agama mereka Islam, tetapi mereka menafikan beragama Islam sehingga memeningkan kepala Jabatan Agama Islam negeri-negeri berkenaan.

Berlaku pertembungan dan kejutan budaya apabila masyarakat tempatan membantah kehadiran mereka di Shah Alam (Selangor) dan Bukit Jambul (Pulau Pinang) kerana mereka secara wewenang memanggang babi sehingga menyebabkan umat Islam yang tinggal berhampiran mereka marah dan hampir mencetuskan perbalahan.

Jabatan Agama Islam gagal mengambil tindakan sekalipun mereka murtad dan kad pengenalan mereka menunjukkan mereka bernama Melayu dan mencatatkan agama mereka Islam tetapi mereka tidak mengaku beragama Islam.

“Nama saya Fernando. Saya mana tau kenapa mereka beri saya kad pengenalan bernama Muhammad Alias,” ujar Fernando yang bekerja sebagai Penyelia di sebuah Pasaraya di Shah Alam dan masih mengamalkan ajaran Kristian kerana itulah hakikat yang terpaksa beliau hadapi.

Sebelum mendapat kad pengenalan, kata Fernando, beliau agak sukar bekerja kerana sering diburu pihak berkuasa, apatah lagi apabila pasportnya tamat tempoh.

“Saya dapat IC sekitar 1990-an di Kompleks Kuwasa Kota Kinabalu dan gunakan IC tersebut sehingga kini. Saya mengundi di Shah Alam sejak pilihanraya umum 2008,” kata Fernando yang mengakui sebelum ini mengundi di Kampung Likas, Sabah.

Menurut Fernando, terdapat lebih kurang 600 orang Visaya di sekitar Shah Alam yang masih beragama Kristian tetapi menggunakan kad pengenalan projek yang telah disahkan Jabatan Pendaftaran Negara sebagai merujuk kepada mereka.

“Macam mana kita tidak panggang babi kerana itu makanan tradisi kita,” ujar Fernando yang meminta maaf jika menyebabkan masyarakat Islam di sekitarnya tidak senang dengan kehadiran mereka.