RCI HAS NO POWER NOR MANPOWER?

By : DR CHONG ENG LEONG

REPLY to Donald Mojuntin’s statement in Daily Express dated 17 Nov 2012; regarding the problem of illegal immigrants in Sabah, Donald said “let’s not waste time and effort to over-politicise it”; also said that my statement on Dompok is “a political attempt to discredit him and to obtain political mileage” and “why using a ‘political bludgeon’ to hammer each other just because we are on opposite sides politically”.

I am sure Donald and UPKO know that hundreds of thousands of foreign migrants are in the Sabah electoral rolls – they decide which political party to govern us. Isn’t this problem a political issue, Donald?

Dompok said in year 2000 that because of internal political upheavals and strained relationship between State and Federal hampered efforts to resolve the illegal immigrant problem.

But UMNO/BN has been governing Sabah since 1994 – why repeated calls by Sabah BN members for RCI since 1996 not being entertained until this year, albeit reluctantly with limited TOR? Isn’t this political?

Donald also said: “RCI has no power nor manpower to take action on its findings and recommendations as this belongs to relevant bodies like Police, Immigration and NRD.”

May be Donald does not know or has forgotten that in the trial of my Likas election petition 1999, one of my witnesses testified under oath that the meetings, chaired by the late Dato’ Megat Junid (as Deputy Home Minister) on how to give ICs to foreigners in Sabah, involved Immigration, NRD and top guns from Bukit Aman. Can you expect the thieves to arrest themselves?

My research on this issue since the late 90’s is to let us Sabahans aware of this treacherous deed done by the Federal Government – Dompok knew the modus operandi as he had heard the testimonies from public and briefings by NRD when he was the Chairman of the Parliamentary Select Committee on Integrity in 2006.

Dompok is urging the public to come forward and help the RCI to set things right. Since he knew the modus operandi, would Dompok come forward to testify? I don’t know if I am one of the 48 witnesses identified by the RCI but if not I shall come forward come 14 January 2013.

Now that Mahathir had admitted he did grant citizenship to foreign migrants (after decades of silence when challenged), he must be called if his name is not on the list of 48, “since the RCI has the power to call anyone to its chamber and even interrogate, if need be,” as correctly stated by Donald.

BN government started this issuance of IC and citizenship to foreigners NOT through the standard operating procedure for decades but through falsified Sijil Akuan, and STILL doing it now in spite of the RCI in progress – who is going to believe that BN wants to solve this treasonous action?

Dompok, Donald, and all of you in UPKO, if you still vote for BN – the next BN Federal Government will for sure continue issue MyKad and citizenship to the millions of foreigners already in Sabah now and mind you when the next electoral boundaries are redrawn you shall kiss good-bye to your so-called struggle for your people. And forever we Sabahans will become refugees in our own land.