Kurup, Sairin back Anifah's 'stop call'
Keningau March 27, 2012: Federal Deputy Natural Resource and Environment Minister, Tan Sri Joseph Kurup threw his weight Monday behind Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Anifah Aman's call for the National Registration Department to halt immediately the late registration exercise of 40,000 people in Sabah.
He said the Government must conduct a thorough investigation before issuing birth certificates or identification documents to these people.
He said the sudden huge number of applications for Malaysian identification papers was simply worrying. "I suggest a special committee to investigate the matter so as to stop certain people from obtaining the birth certificate and MyKad," he said.
Assistant Minister of Rural Development, Datuk Sairin Karno, also chipped in saying that most of the people who applied for the late birth registration in Sabah were actually foreigners.
He also urged the Government to carry out an investigation and that if there were parties involved, to take fast action against them.
Meanwhile, Upko Deputy President Datuk Seri Wilfred Bumburing also expressed appreciation and full support to Anifah.
"I am personally receiving daily reports that the exercise to provide late birth certificates and MyKads are going on in major towns in the East Coast (of Sabah) and the number of such documents issued are reported to be in the region of 1,000 per week," he claimed.
He concurred with Anifah that there are children from the other communities such Kadazandusun-Murut who have been waiting long to get theirs.
He said the authorities should seriously look into the statement by the President of Semporna Bumiputera Bajau Bajau Association (Perbubas), Mansor Santiri that "it doesn't make sense that a Bumiputera in Semporna does not have any identification documents."
"As I have repeated many times and have clearly stated in my memorandum which I have submitted to the Home Ministry, this is indeed a very serious matter as it really concerns the sovereignty of our country and Sabah in particular.
"The Federal Government should now seriously announce the setting up of the RCI, if indeed it has been approved by the Federal Cabinet, and get the Vommission to work immediately in order to get back the confidence of the bona fide Malaysian citizens in Sabah," he said.
Bumburing, who is also Tuaran MP cum Tuaran BN Chairman, said Sabah leaders should rally behind Anifah to support him on this issues.
"The issues concerned are what majority of Malaysians in Sabah want settled positively once and for all."
Rasanya majoriti rakyat Sabah tulen mahu operasi ini dihentikan dahulu dan mendahulukan RCI.
BalasPadamMemang ramai yang mahukan penubuhan RCI, sekarang ini dari kerajaan saj s/ada ditubuhkan atau sebaliknya.
Padam"I suggest a special committee to investigate the matter so as to stop certain people from obtaining the birth certificate and MyKad" - Kurup
BalasPadamCadangan yang bagus dan rasanya ia patut diberi perhatian.
Si Anifah mungkin ada point, kenapa dia cakap macam tu cuma penjelasan lanjut adalah diperlukan supaya semua pihak faham senario sebenar.
BalasPadamTidak perlu diperjelaskan lagi, memang patut pun apa yang si AA cakap tu! Tapi kita tunggu dan lihat sajalah nanti.
PadamTapi, saya masih juga harap kerajaan pertimbangkan penubuhan RCI. Manalah tahu RCI dapat menaggani isu2 pati dan juga isu2 sebegini. hehehe
BalasPadamHopefully the government will set up RCI in sabah.
PadamAgree with Paquin, this issue should be investigated by the RCI after it has been implemented. Hope that the Federal government will finalize the terms of reference so that it may be implemented. At the mean time, this registration should be halted.
PadamRCI pasti akan ditubuhkan tak lama lagi.
Padammudah2an masa yang sesuai tu akan tiba juga untuk mengumumkan secara rasmi penubuhan RCI.
PadamSebaiknya sebelum PRU dilaksanakan.
PadamIts best to conduct a thorough investigation before issuing birth certificates or identification documents to these people.
BalasPadamHaving to simply issue birth certificates or identification documents to these people without conducting an investigation may make it difficult to solve the illegal immigrant issue.
PadamAgreed..RCI should be establish first to investigate the root of PATI in Sabah.
PadamI'm glad that Kurup and Sairin is agreeing with Anifah Aman's advice to halt the registration of stateless for the time being until investigations can be made towards the 40,000 population with no birth certificates. Don't make any rash decision to approve their registration until their status are identified. Hope that the NRD will make consideration on this issue.
BalasPadamHope other leaders can give their stance in this issue.
Padamsbelum berikan sijil kelahiran, kena pastikan mereka benar2 anak2 jati Sabah, jgn hingga PATI yang mendapatnya.
BalasPadamMembimbangkan juga dengan kes sijil kelahiran dan Mykad palsu ni. bukan sedikit dan bukan mudah untuk mengenalpasti semuanya.
PadamRakyat Sabah menunggu pemgumuman RCI. Rakyat Sabah berharap RCI dapat dilaksanakan secepat yang mungkin.
BalasPadamJPN perlu memastikan perkara ini memberikan kebaikkan dan perlu ada penjelasan mengenai perkara ini.
BalasPadamkalau dihentikan, kesian juga dengan penduduk tempatan yang masih belum memiliki kad pengenalan atau sijil lahir.. walupun jumlahnya sedikit, mereka tidak patut diabaikan hanya kerana dakwaan sesetangah pihak yang kononnya program ini akan disalahgunakan untuk mendaftarkan PATI..
BalasPadambukankah lebih baik diwujudkan badan pemantau yang bertujuan untuk memantau dan mengawasi perjalanan program pendaftaran bergerak ini sehingga selesai?? dan saya cadangkan, badan pemantau ini dianggotai oleh pihak2 yang membantah program ini atas alasan akan disalahgunakan untuk mendaftarkan PATI..
BalasPadamUpko President Tan Sri Bernard Dompok hopes the Royal Commission of Inquiry on illegal immigrants will still be announced by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak.
BalasPadamHe said this when asked by the media whether he shared the people's disappointment that Najib came and went without a word on the RCI last week.
BalasPadamDompok said the media should have been the ones to query the Prime Minister about the matter but reporters present told him they were not given the opportunity to do so as no press conference had been arranged for them with Najib.
BalasPadam"Well I have always said that this matter should have been dealt with urgently and I maintain it is my stand, that this is an urgent matter and needs to be attended to, especially since the Cabinet had decided on Feb 8 to go ahead with this.
BalasPadam"I think the Government must expedite the terms of reference and the appointment of the people who should be members of this commission.
BalasPadam"There has been no reversal of Cabinet decision on the matter.
BalasPadamWhat both the Cabinet and parliament have been made aware of is that they were waiting on the terms of reference É I am not sure whether the State Government has come up with their proposals but they have been asked to contribute towards the terms of reference."
BalasPadamOn the request by Najib that each component party send their candidates for a meeting on the coming 13th General Election, Dompok said Upko hasn't done it yet.
BalasPadam"All in good time. There is no reason for worry on the issue as Upko has gone through so many elections with the BN before and there has not been any problems in communicating who the candidates are.
BalasPadam"By the end of the day it is the individual component parties who I think will decide on who the candidates are."
BalasPadamRegarding Upko's seat allocation, Dompok said it cannot be less that what Upko already has and the party was looking for improvement.
BalasPadamWhen asked about Upko Deputy President cum Tuaran MP Datuk Wilfred Bumburing's stand or position in Upko and speculations about whether he was still with the party, Dompok reiterated that Bumburing was still with Upko.
BalasPadamDompok also said there was a need to codify the various practices of the Sabah native courts in an effort to bring about better administration of native laws in the State.
BalasPadam"The practices from each district vary and I think there is a need to see whether there is some way this can be codified to bring about a better administration of native laws," he said.
BalasPadamSpeaking after the officiating the official groundbreaking ceremony of the RM5 million Penampang Native Court building, he said the allocation was part of the Federal Government's RM100m to the State of which RM60m was for the development of native courts and a training institute for native court administrators.
BalasPadam"But we are requesting for additional allocation for the development of at least six more native courts," said Dompok, who is Plantation Industries and Commodities Minister.
BalasPadamOn whether this meant that Native Customary Rights will be streamlined in due time, Dompok who is also Chairman of the Cabinet's Technical Committee for Sabah and Sarawak Bumiputras, said this is something that should be addressed.
BalasPadam"Once the institute is constructed with an allocation of about RM30m I think we can begin the work of trying to see whether we can codify the practices among all the districts in the State.
BalasPadam"The intention of all this, of course, is to prepare and look forward to the day when the native court system takes its place alongside the civil and syariah courts as one of the pillars of the judicial system of Malaysia and I think this is a big step."
BalasPadamDompok also took the opportunity to thank the Chief Justice for Sabah and Sarawak Tan Sri Richard Malanjum for his initiative to institutionalise the native court system and in setting up the training institute.
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