KOTA KINABALU: The presence
of foreign migrants in Sabah is threatening the country's security and peace,
said Sabah Progressive Party (SAPP) Treasurer General, Dullie Marie.
"Whether the migrants
possess documents or not they still contribute to the social and economic
problems that directly affect the security of Malaysia and Sabah," he
said.
"Whether they came here
legally or not, they have flooded Sabah for so long to the extent of causing an
extraordinary population boom.
"From 1970 to 2011,
Sabah's population had increased by more than 390 per cent and this is very
extraordinary even the highest in the world," he said in a statement here
Wednesday.
"They (foreign
migrants) are taking away jobs from the locals and are often involved in
crimes," he said commenting on the statement by Minister in the Prime
Minister's Department Datuk Mohamed Nazri Aziz in Parliament.
Mohamed Nazri was reported
as saying that the presence of foreigners in Sabah was not a threat to the
country's security.
However, he admitted that
there had been a steep hike in Sabah's population for the past 40 years.
According to Dullie,
hundreds of thousands of foreigners had entered Sabah legally but continued to
stay in the State after their visitor pass expired, making them illegal
immigrants.
However, he said in just a
blink of an eye these illegal immigrants were given citizenship after getting
the MyKad in a doubtful manner to become the so-called new citizens.
He said these new citizens
were also registered as voters and there had been many cases where the details
of the voters like their father's name was missing.
More worrying, he said was
that the new citizens had been acknowledged as Bumiputera and could grab all
the privileges of the Bumiputera in Sabah.
Dullie said SAPP had thought
of an approach to address this issue with the proposed Sabah IC, which is only
to be issued to genuine Sabahans which would differentiate them from the new
citizens.
He said the Sabah IC would
be introduced once SAPP formed the State Government after the 13th General
Election. (DE)
Hingga 19 September lepas, sejumlah 70,327 pendatang tanpa izin telah diusir dan dihantar pulang ke negara asal.
ReplyDeleteBerdasarkan kepada satu soalan di Parlimen tahun lepas, penduduk Sabah yang berjumlah 651,304 pada tahun 1970 telah meningkat kepada 929,299 sedekad kemudian. Bagaimanapun, bagi tempoh dua dekad selepas itu, populasi Sabah meningkat secara ketara kepada 1.5 juta dan dicatat pada 2,468,246 orang menjelang tahun 2000.
ReplyDeleteGo to Philippine Market, Sinsuran..you won't feel like you are in Sabah.
ReplyDeletePBS regretted the minister’s statement which he said was politically insensitive to grassroots sentiments in Sabah, especially their fears and concerns for their future well-being posed by the huge presence of illegal immigrants.
ReplyDeleteNazri’s statement was fueling speculations in the streets as to the genuine commitment of the BN government to resolve the perennial problems of illegal immigrants in Sabah.
ReplyDeleteSemoga RCI yang dijalankan akan dapat selesaikan masalah PATI ni.
ReplyDeleteSelesaikan masalah PATI yang ada di Negeri Sabah ini.
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