SABAH Progressive Party (SAPP) has cried foul that the BR1M scheme seemed to have benefited those who are not qualified, including the 'New Citizens' who are originally foreign nationals.
Speaking at the gathering cum dinner organized by SAPP Kepayan held at Dowish Seafood Restaurant here on Monday night, its Deputy President, Datuk Eric Majimbun claimed that an Indonesian male who had just obtained his Malaysian citizenship in last November, was among the recipients of the BR1M scheme.
He also displayed some documents on the screen to substantiate his claims over the said incident, which was brought to his attention by his party colleague cum Kundasang CLC Chairman Japiril Suhaimin who first discovered it.
"I believe this could be just the tip of the iceberg; there could be many more such cases which we do not know. This is a gross waste of the taxpayers' money, which is supposed to benefit the bona fide Malaysian citizens," he said.
He however said there was no point lodging a police report over the matter, citing his previous personal experience involving the theft of his identity by an illegal immigrant, in 2008, where till today nothing has come out of it despite lodging of police report, and raising it during the BN meeting.
Majimbun who is also the MP for Sepanggar further claimed that in his constituency alone, more than 3,000 eligible applicants for the BR1M had been rejected.
"The relevant authorities have put the blame squarely on the Inland Revenue Board (IRB)," he said.
He also shared his concern over the presence of large number of 'dubious citizens' in the state who obtained their citizenship through dubious means like the infamous 'Project IC' scheme.
He stressed that such a concern is legitimate citing the extraordinary increase of the Sabah population in the last three decades since 1970, by 390%, as compared to Sarawak's 148% for the same period.
He nonetheless was confident that the perennial issue of illegal immigrants and dubious citizens can be effectively resolved with SAPP's proposed plan to issue Sabah's own identity cards, if it gets to form the next State government.
"But in order to achieve this, we, the people of Sabah must all unite as one united force to vote the BN out in this coming General Election. We must succeed this time, otherwise we will be damned forever. Always remember that a vote for BN is a vote for UMNO," he said.
BR1M hnyalah untuk warganegara malaysia sahaja, warga asing tak layak mendapatnya.
ReplyDeletetapi warganegara asing tersebut sudah mendapat MyKad dan mungkin juga telah berkahwin dengan orang tempatan.
Delete"the perennial issue of illegal immigrants and dubious citizens can be effectively resolved with SAPP's proposed plan to issue Sabah's own identity cards, if it gets to form the next State government."
ReplyDeleteis this really effective?
if I'm not mistaken, the IC project was started since 1990.. so what has been done by SAPP leaders to solve this problem during YTL tenure as Chief Minister of Sabah in 1997 - 1998??
ReplyDeletemasa ada kuasa dia senyap, bila tidak ada kuasa dia bising..
ReplyDeleteTime berkuasa kalau bising2 takut kena tarik balik.
DeleteTerima kasih dengan BR1M yang diberikan kepada mereka yang benar-benar layak.
ReplyDeleteThe statement by Second Finance Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Husni Hanadzlah that the Government will ensure that all eligible households are not left out of receiving their RM500 aid under the Bantuan Rakyat 1Malaysia Scheme (BR1M) will surely be well received.
ReplyDeleteThis cash assistance for households with a monthly income of RM3,000 and below was announced in the 2012 Budget presented to Parliament.
DeleteJudging from media reports, it is obvious that BR1M has received tremendous response, as many cash-strapped Malaysians, especially those in the low-income groups, are looking forward to the cash assistance.
DeleteIt has been announced that application forms for BR1M are available in designated centres nationwide besides being downloadable from the Finance Ministry’s website.
DeleteThere are about 6.3 million households in Malaysia and it is estimated that 5.2 million households or 83% of the population qualify for BR1M.
DeleteThe Second Finance Minister has also stated that action will be taken against those who claim the one-off RM500 aid if they do not qualify.
DeleteIt will be a shame on those who try to take advantage of this scheme for the deserving when they are not eligible. These opportunists should be exposed.
DeleteThe catch word is honesty, and Malaysians should be honest and sincere when registering themselves for the cash assistance.
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