DAP parliamentary leader Lim Kit Siang today lambasted E2(M) national social extremist threat division chief assistant director Mohd Sofian Md Makinuddin for remarks undermining the Royal Commission of Inquiry (RCI) slated to look into illegal immigration in Sabah.
"Sofian told the press that the advocates of the RCI on illegal immigrants in Sabah are anti-national elements who only want to extract political capital from the issue, undermine diplomatic relations between Malaysia and the Philippines and incite anti-peninsula sentiments among Sabahans," Lim says in a blog posting today.The officer's remarks on the RCI that has been endorsed and supported by the Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak's cabinet, Lim, added, not only mocked the process but also "casts grave doubts" on the sincerity of the federal government in the matter.
"I do not think there is another cabinet decision in the 54-year history of the nation that has commanded lower public esteem, trust and credibility."
Lim said Najib should come clean on whether Sofian represented the official view of the government on the issue. If not, he should take immediate action to suspend and discipline Sofian for going against the announced government policy.
"Sofian has become the worst example of a 'national social extremist threat' his division in the Special Branch is supposed to be monitoring."
The cabinet in February this year succumbed to a decade of pressure from both sides of the parliamentary divide to form an RCI to address the long-standing problem of illegal immigrants in the East Malaysian state.
RCI mesti ditubuhkan untuk atasi isu PATI di Sabah.
ReplyDeleteSebaiknya laksanakan RCI ini secepat yang mungkin dan tidak perlu ditanguh terlalu lama.
ReplyDeleteSabah Tourism, Culture and Environment Minister Datuk Masidi Manjun has called on everyone not to start undermining the credibility of the Royal Commission of Inquiry (RCI) on illegal immigrants in the state. He noted that the RCI should be given teh benefit of doubt and the credibility of the RCI are not to be unndermined otherwise the request for the RCI will be an exercise in futility.
ReplyDeleteAccording to replies provided in Parliament last year, Sabah's populace numbered 651,304 in 1970 and 929,299 a decade later. But in the two decades following 1980, the state's population rose significantly by a staggering 1.5 million people, reaching 2,468,246 by 2000.
ReplyDeleteMasidi said there was no such thing as a "short cut" to obtaining citizenship, and the provisions of the law must be fully complied with at all times. He believe the terms of reference of the RCI would include ways of tackling the issues, especially pertaining to the claims that people in possession of citizenship may be doubtful. This is the main driving factor which lead to the setting up of the RCI.Masidi stressed: "What is important is the law must be respected and the provisions of the law be fully adhered to in granting citizenship." "There are no two ways about it."
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