50,000 Sabahans want RCI on illegals

Sabah opposition party SAPP is bent on convincing NGOs and political groups across the divide to back calls for Royal Commission of Inquiry on illegals

Some 50,000 Malaysian citizens in Sabah have signed a petition demanding that the federal government set up a Royal Commission of Inquiry (RCI) on the hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants in the state.

The petition is to be handed to Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak or his deputy Muhyiddin Yassin during the current parliamentary sitting.

Sabah Progressive Peoples Party (SAPP) said the petition was signed by 50,000 Malaysians who also gave their IC numbers.

Its Youth division chief Edward Dagul said that the signatures would only be handed to Najib or his deputy and they would be expecting a definitive answer from either of them.

Establish a Royal Commission of Inquiry

Kota Kinabalu, Feb 14, 2011: Sabah Progressive Party (SAPP) has called for the Federal Government to establish a Royal Commission of Inquiry on the hot issue on the installment of the new Sultan of Sulu in Likas, Sabah recently.

Its Deputy President, Datuk Eric Majimbun, today said that the Malaysian Sabahans have been consistently voicing out to the Federal Government on the threats of foreigners getting Malaysian citizenship which now has surfaced by its own and the threat has become more evident and worrying.

MP questions 'real agenda' behind native cert freeze

KOTA KINABALU, Jan 2, 2010: The state government's reluctance to lift the freeze on the issuance of "native certificates" has come under scrutiny by opposition politicians.

Sepangar MP Eric Majimbun has questioned the real agenda behind the almost 30-year freeze on the "sijil anak negeri (SAN) also known as "native certificate", which was frozen since the Berjaya government era back in 1982.

Sabah MyKad issue: 'Umno-BN doesn't care'

A Barisan Nasional MP's 100-page memorandum to the Home Ministry, complete with documented evidence to prove that foreigners in Sabah have gained Malaysian identification documents through dubious means, is a "wasted effort" and merely "window-dressing".

"It's unlikely to upset the Barisan Nasional applecart in the general election because as far as Umno-BN is concerned, it is a non-issue... they don't care," said Sabah Progressive Party deputy president Eric Majimbun, alluding to Tuaran MP Wilfred Bumburing's recent announcement that he had submitted sufficient proof to Home Minister Hishammuddin Hussein as requested by the latter.

Majimbun, who is also Sepanggar MP, said nothing would come of Bumburing's United Pasukun Kadazandusun Murut Organisation's (Upko) brave act of collating evidence against abuse by coalition boss, Umno, in the contentious issue of citizenship for foreigners.