BORNEO SABAH ARAMAII

Wednesday, 5 September 2012

PM visit with a purpose- the setting up of RCI


In a meeting with the state UMNO and Barisan Nasional leaders at the UMNO Building; Najib said that the proposal from the Federal Government to set up a commission of inquiry under the Commission of Inquiry Act 1950 to investigate the presence of illegal immigrants in Sabah has been given consent from Agong.  The commission will be chaired by former Chief Judge of Sabah and Sarawak Tan Sri Datuk Amar Steve Shim Lip Kiong while Domestic Trade, Cooperatives and Consumerism Ministry secretary-general Datuk Saripuddin Kasim has been appointed as the secretary.

As far as I concerned, it will have four commissioners’ namely former UMS vice-chancellor Prof Datuk Dr Kamaruzaman Ampon, former Sabah Attorney-General Tan Sri Herman Luping, Malaysian Crime Prevention Foundation deputy chairman, Datuk Henry Chin Poy Wu. The terms of reference for the commission, which was to investigate the number of immigrants in Sabah who were issued identity cards or citizenship, to investigate whether the issuance of the blue identity cards or citizenship to the immigrants was made based on the law, as well as will also investigate whether those who obtained the blue identity card or temporary identification receipt (blue) or citizenship illegally were registered in the Electoral Roll. The RCI would also investigate whether the relevant authorities had taken any action or made efforts to improve standard operating procedures, methods and regulations to avoid non-uniformity with the law in regard to the matter.


Six months period would begin from the date the instrument of appointments were issued to the RCI chairman and panel members and that the report would be submitted to Yang di-Pertuan Agong. 2 leaders from 2 BN component parties in Sabah-PBS and LDP, Pairin and Liew respectively was confident that the government will do its best to carry out responsibility and the objective of the RCI, and hoped the 6 months’ time can bring the desired result. When asked about the election his respond is, ”I think it’s going to be next year after the budget has been announced. That is my opinion.”

Liew responded that Najib has spoken and the terms of reference are very comprehensive and I think it covers all the concern of the Sabah people with the regard to the problem that have been created by the illegals; and believes the commission will do a fine job in handling the task.

So we are entering the month of Sept, RCI is yet to kickstart, what say you?

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