Warisan vice-president Junz Wong has urged the Sabah government to explain reported immigration restrictions imposed on several Bersih leaders and officers, saying the state’s immigration autonomy must be exercised transparently and responsibly.
The Tanjung Aru assemblyperson said Warisan strongly supported Sabah’s immigration rights under the Malaysia Agreement 1963, but stressed that such powers should not be exercised without proper justification.
Tanjung Aru assemblyperson Junz Wong “Autonomy must come with accountability. If the GRS government has legitimate security or legal grounds for barring these individuals from Sabah, then tell Sabahans clearly what those grounds are.
“If there are no such grounds, then the government must explain why civil society activists involved in electoral reform and democratic advocacy are being prevented from entering Sabah,” he said in a statement today.
Wong was responding to Bersih Sabah’s claim that its advocacy officer Anas Nor’azim was denied entry after arriving at Tawau Airport yesterday, and previously reported restrictions against Bersih chairperson Faisal Aziz and steering committee member Alyaah Hani.
Perikatan Nasional secretary-general Takiyuddin Hassan said Bersatu remains a legitimate PN component party despite PAS suspending political ties with it.
Berita Harian reported the PAS secretary-general said Bersatu’s status could not be denied legally or constitutionally, although politically the party had effectively distanced itself from PN.
Perikatan Nasional secretary-general Takiyuddin Hassan “As secretary-general, I can confirm that legally, Bersatu is still a component party of PN.
“We cannot deny this from a constitutional perspective. But morally and politically - that is why I used the word ‘technically’ - Bersatu has severed ties with PN,” he was quoted as saying today.
The PAS secretary-general also pointed to Bersatu’s decision to use its own logo and contest against PN in the recent Negeri Sembilan state election as a sign of the broken ties.
The Pahang government has stressed that the process of degazetting permanent forest reserves in the state is subject to strict controls, specific conditions, and prescribed procedures and is not carried out arbitrarily.
Bernama reported Menteri Besar Wan Rosdy Wan Ismail as saying that the decision not to conduct a public inquiry when degazetting permanent forest reserves was made based on the state’s jurisdiction over land and forest management.
Pahang Menteri Besar Wang Rosdy Wan Ismail Wan Rosdy said several other states had similarly forgone public inquiry.
“Pahang views land and forests as a state matter, so it is appropriate for the state government to manage them, and besides, we have certain conditions… so far, it has been going well,” he said after attending the Makmur Pahang Initiative Handover Ceremony in Kuantan. - Mkini
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