'PBS shown Umno forms as part of dubious IC give-out'

SABAH RCI Sources who leaked information on the alleged illegal issuance of identity cards to Parti Bersatu Sabah (PBS) showed party officials application forms to join Umno, which they claimed were part of the process in the clandestine operation. 

PBS vice-president Radin Malleh (right) testified to the royal commission of inquiry on illegal immigrants in Sabah that he had himself seen those forms, which included a photograph and a thumbprint.

He said an informant, whom he met sometime between the years of 1994 to 1999, also showed him Persatuan Bugis forms which were allegedly used for the same purpose. 

“The informant showed me forms with pictures and thumbprints, and I assumed it was true, that they used the picture and thumprint to make blue ICs,” he said. 

However, to a question by Sabah Law Association representative Yunof Maringking, he stressed that he was “not implicating Umno or Persatuan Bugis” in the illegal mass issuance of ICs. 

“I just saw the forms said to be used to give pictures and thumbprints. I’m not sure if they were used to get the ICs, but ccording to that source it was,” he said.

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