KOTA KINABALU, May 27 (Bernama) -- The Royal Commission of Inquiry
(RCI) into Sabah's immigrant problem has called for a section of the
Sabah Ordinance 1964 on the interpretation of natives to be reviewed at
the annual native court conference.
When asked by RCI commissioner Tan Sri Herman J Luping if people from
Indonesia, the Philippines or Singapore should be considered as Sabah
natives, Kudat District Chief Harun Bidin said "No. There is a Suluk
race in Sabah as well as in the Philippines but we do not recognise
Suluk in the Philippines as Sabah natives."
Herman, who sat in the five-member panel chaired by former chief judge
of Sabah and Sarawak, Tan Sri Steve Shim Lip Kiong, also asked if
chapter 64 of the Interpretation (Definition of Native) Ordinance should
be repealed and brought to the annual native court conference, Harun
said it was a good idea.
The inquiry was told there was a draft proposal by the
Attorney-General's Chambers on native family law in Sabah following then
state attorney-general Datuk Roderic Fernandez's statement that the
Native Court Enactment 1992 and all the rules made in 1995 had to be
revised.
However, Herman said there was no development on it and suggested that
Harun bring the matter up at the next native court conference and push
for the draft to be realised.
Meanwhile, Kota Marudu native Charles Magada appealed to the government
to provide him and his neighbours with houses under the Hardcore Poor
Housing Programme (PPRT) in Kampung Bukit Punai.
He said the 100 families of Rungus and Dusuns in the squatter area had
no where else to go once development on the new court complex takes
place.
"Our land in Kota Marudu had been taken by oil palm plantation
companies. If we have to evacuate the place (Kampung Bukit Punai), we
need to find another place as we no longer have land in Kota Marudu to
go home to."
The other panel members are former Universiti Malaysia Sabah
vice-chancellor Prof Datuk Seri Dr Kamaruzzaman Ampon, former Kuala
Lumpur police chief Datuk Henry Chin Poy Wu and former Sabah state
secretary Datuk KY Mustapha.
The inquiry resumes Tuesday.
Monday, 27 May 2013
RCI Calls For Review Of Section In Sabah Ordinance
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