THE UNITED Borneo Front (UBF) is strongly against the state’s decision to ban activist Harris Ibrahim from entering the state, saying it is a total abuse of immigration powers.
In a statement, here, UBF’s chairman, Datuk Dr. Jeffrey Kitingan said it was outrageous that the Chief Minister, Datuk Seri Aman’s decision to ban the President of the Malaysian Civil Rights Movement (MCLM) supposedly due to security threats without further elaboration.
“Harris is only an activist promoting civil liberties and freedom of movement and speech which are rights guaranteed by the Federal Constitution,” he said. “So how much threat can he create for the state? Is the movement for democracy also a threat?”
He said that by banning Harris the Chief Minister actually proved that the State Government is afraid of its own shadows, as well as proving that the state does have the immigration powers.
“Since the State Government does have such powers, then it shouldn’t impose it on one lone individual who is promoting civil liberties but to impose it on the illegals immigrants who are the real threats to the security in the state,” he said.
“Clearly, the State Government is focusing its priority on the wrong target, and we can only interpret that this is because of political interests rather than for the interest of the people as a whole.”
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