Shafie: Sabah govt has no power to issue IC, passports

SHAFIE APDAL.

PENAMPANG: The Sabah government does not have the authority to issue
identity cards and passports to any individual, said Chief Minister
Shafie Apdal.

The power to issue identification documents was only with the federal
National Registration Department and the Immigration Department.

Shafie who is president of Parti Warisan Sabah said this in his
presidential policy speech at the Warisan annual assembly here today.

He made the comment after allegations were made by certain parties
that the Sabah government under Warisan had issued identification
documents to illegal immigrants.

“I hope that those parties that say we (the Sabah government) had

issued (identification) documents will ask Home Minister Muhyiddin
Yassin if I have the authority to issue those documents or not,”
Shafie said.

Deputy Chief Minister Jaujan Sambakong told reporters that Mohd
Shafie’s policy speech was quite clear in addressing all issues
connected to the party.

He said the accusations made by certain parties that Warisan had
issued identification documents to illegal immigrants were not true. -FMT