'Project IC': PKR Sabah wants cops to launch probe
Published on: Saturday, January 03, 2015
KOTA MARUDU: The police have been urged to launch an investigation into the so-called "Project IC" in Sabah. In making the call, Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) Sabah Information Chief Datuk Maijol Mahap said the testimonies of several witnesses in the Royal Commission of Inquiry (RCI) on Illegal Immigrants in Sabah showed overwhelming evidence on the illegal issuance of Malaysian identity cards (ICs) to foreigners."Some call it 'Project IC' and some call it 'Project Mahathir'. It doesn't matter what it is called, the fact is that there was a grand design from Kuala Lumpur conniving with some local leaders to grant Malaysian ICs and citizenship to hundreds of thousands of foreigners in Sabah through illegal means and then turned them into voters.
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"This is a scandal and crime of the highest order. They are selling our country. So I urge the police to conduct a thorough investigation on the matter. "In the past, we often heard about the police being reluctant to conduct investigation because of lack of evidence or even if there was, it was based on hearsay. But now we have all the evidence before them and there is no more reason for them not to act," he said.Maijol, who is also PKR Kota Marudu Division Chief, said this after lodging a police report at the district police station here, Thursday, accompanied by several divisional committee members.According to him, the Term of Reference (TOR) No. 3 called on the commission to enquire whether the immigrants in Sabah who are holding blue ICs, temporary identification receipts or citizenship that were obtained not in accordance with the law have been registered as voters.
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"The RCI report shows ample evidence that foreign immigrants were issued with blue ICs illegally by certain syndicates and/or individuals and registered as voters in the electoral rolls."Based on our investigations, the IC numbers given to these people are the P1 and P2 numbers which are H0288001 to H0384000 and H0480001 to H0576000.
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"There are also many foreign immigrants including their older children without an old IC number but in possession of dubious Bunga Raya ICs or MyKads. "Based on our assessment, by now there are around 200,000 non-qualified voters in the current Sabah Electoral Roll which has just over one million voters," claimed Maijol."Although the TOR 3 does not include recommendations, there is an indirect message to the authorities as stated in the report on Page 307 (English version) last paragraph which says '...they have obtained their ICs based on false information. We understand that their names are still in the electoral rolls. If not rectified, this can have serious repercussions.' "On that premises, we would like to urge the Election Commission to take proactive action to get rid of the names of these non-citizens in the electoral rolls. We also urge the police to investigate the matter. We also hope the Working Committee headed by Tan Sri Joseph Pairin Kitingan will address these two very important matters."I know the Government has amended the Election Act after the Likas election petition in 1999 to prevent people from challenging the gazetted electoral rolls. The amendment says that the Electoral Rolls even tainted with illegal voters can not be challenged in the court of law.Stay up-to-date by following Daily Express’s Telegram channel.
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