Ahad, April 22, 2012

STILL NO RCI?

Najib departs Sabah with nothing to say

PENAMPANG April 21, 2012: Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak again spurned an opportunity to mollify Sabahans that the federal government is indeed serious about getting to the bottom how the state had become hosts to a massive population of illegal immigrants.

Opposition politician Jeffrey Kitingan was among the first to comment on the puzzling silence on the issue by the Prime Minister for the second time during a visit to the state.

“We understand Najib avoided any chance to be asked by reporters on the RCI while he was on visit here and in Sandakan. This is the second time Najib cancelled a press conference just before flying back to Kuala Lumpur today.

“The last time he was here (several) weeks ago, he also did the same. This shows the Umno-led federal government is not sincere and committed on the matter. It shows they have something to hide. If not, the PM should have announced the setting up of RCI on such an important sovereignty issue,” said Kitingan.

The State Reform Party (STAR) chairman made the comments in a statement issued shortly after Najib left this morning for Kuala Lumpur from Sandakan where many had expected him to address the problem that even state government leaders believe is a festering wound that needs to be dealt with especially with general election expected to be called anytime.

Najib’s silence on the matter has again left outspoken state Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition members like PBS, UPKO, LDP, PBRS and even Sabah Umno without something tangible to offer supporters crying for justice over what they see as the ‘reverse takeover’ of their state by immigrants.

All have been increasingly loud in making demands together with opposition party leaders and activists to set up a Royal Commission of Inquiry (RCI) to investigate how thousands of who had entered the state illegally had gained citizenship.

Commentators said the question of Umno’s and the federal government’s sincerity on the issue keeps popping up and many will see Najib’s silence as a snub and also that the country’s leaders are taking Sabahans for granted.

“The federal and state government should have aggressively carried out the setting up RCI by now but there is some reason preventing them. If an RCI does investigate and is done properly, some people must go to jail for what has happened in Sabah … there is no question about it,” said a commentator who requested anonymity.

Najib was on a two-day visit to Kota Kinabalu and Sandakan in what could be his last visit before dissolving Parliament.

Opposition leader Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail, who is also president of Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) meanwhile is scheduled to be in Sabah tomorrow.

Luke Rintod

42 ulasan:

  1. PBS sudah menghantarkan terma rujukan RCI kepada Najib bila beliau membuat lawatan di Sabah baru-baru ini. Diharapkan beliau akan membuat keputusan mengenai isu ini.

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    1. PM harus segera mengumumkan RCI supaya boleh dilaksanakan secepat yang mungkin

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    2. Diharapkan PM akan membuat keputusan melaksanakan RCI di Sabah sebelum PRU-13 diadakan. Ini untuk memastikan pengundi meragui dibersihkan daripada senarai pengundi.

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    3. Memang perlu mempunyai sesuatu jawapan sudah. telah lama kita menunggu

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  2. RCI bukan sahaja diperlukan di Sabah tetapi di seluruh Malaysia juga. Ini kerana masalah PATI juga berlaku di negeri-negeri lain kecuali Sabah.

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    1. Tak tau bila confirmation RCI tu

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    2. semoga melalui kerajasama semua RCI akan ditubuhkan dan masalah pati akan berjaya diselesaikan.

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  3. Persekutuan harus serius dalam menyelesaikan isu PATI

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    1. komitmen daripada semua pihak sememangnya penting untuk selesaikan isu pati.

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  4. When will PM make his official announcement??I hope the next time he visit sabah, he would make the announcement.

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    1. Hope everyone will be patience about the issue as it takes a lot of time to make this decision.

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  5. Masalah PATI sememangnya tidak berlaku di Sabah sahaja, oleh itu kerajaan perlulah mempertimbangkan cadangan melaksanakan RCI di seluruh negara.

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    1. Jadi, semua pemimpin di Malaysia ni sepatutnya memperjuangkan RCI.

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    2. usaha untuk banteras pati ni harus berterusan dan sepanjang masa.

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  6. Sabah BN sudah mengemukakan TOR kepada Perdana Menteri, sekarang keputusan terletak dalam tangan PM.

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    1. Dikatakan bahawa untuk memuktamadkan TOR memerlukan masa sekurang-kurangnya 6 bulan dan maksimum 2 tahun. kalau betullah macam ni nampaknya lama lagilah RCI ditubuhkan.

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  7. Nampaknya hampa lagi rakyat Sabah kali ni. Lawatan Najib yang lalu pun rakyat harap2 ada berita baik.

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    1. harap rakyat akan terus menpunyai harapan terhadp beliau.

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  8. amat diharap RCI ditubuhkan segera.

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    1. hampir semua pihak di Sabah menyokong RCI ditubuhkan. harap penubuhannya akan dibuat dengan cepat.

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  9. Najib tidak committed? banyak perkara perlu diselesaikan, memang susah bagi beliau

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    1. lagipun kedatangan beliau ke negeri ini bukan untuk membuat pengumuman atau menjawab soalan2 pembangkang..

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  10. diharapkan keputusan mengenai penubuhan RCI akan diumumkan secepat yang mungkin agar penyelesaian terhadap isu pati dapat dibuat dengan cepat.

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    1. untuk pengumuman mungkin boleh dilakukan secepat mungkin, tapi untuk melaksanakan mungkin memerlukan masa sedikit memandangkan penubuhan RCI memerlukan perancangan dan persediaan yang rapi agar tidak mensia2kan dana awam..

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  11. Mengenai RCI rasanya pasti masa terdekat ini akan diumumkan oleh KErajaan persekutuan. Yang mana kerajaan negeri telah pun menyuarakan masalah ini dan tidak ada bantahan jika RCI dilaksanakan di Sabah. HArap kerajaan persekutuan akan melaksanakan secepat yang mungkin. Kita tahu RCI tujuan untuk menyiasat perkara mengenai PATI dan projek IC di Sabah yang semakin menjadi-jadi dipermainkan oleh PEmbangkang. Maka kita harap kerajaan akan menyelesaikan masalah ini secepat yang mungkin.

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    1. yup.. menteri persekutuan sudah pun menjelaskan bahawa mereka memerlukan term of reference untuk melakukan tindakan selanjutnya..

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  12. pembangkang macam Jeffrey ni suka betul ambil kesempatan disebalik sikap diam diri pihak kerajaan.. adakah sikap diam diri itu cukup untuk membuktikan kerajaan tidak serius mahu menyelesaikan masalah2 di negeri ini??

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  13. perkara ini bukan sahaja berkaitan dengan isu politik tetapi ianya soal sosial, perlembagaan, kebudayaan, keselamatan dan isu-isu demografi yang perlu diselesaikan secara positif tetapi tegas sebelum PRU akan datang.

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  14. jika tidak, ia hanya akan menghantar mesej yang salah kepada orang ramai khasnya Sabahan dan dunia amnya, bahawa ada double standard dalam penguatkuasaan undang-undang di negara ini

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  15. jika kerajaan prihatin akan masalah PTI yang dihadapi oleh Sabah, maka, kerajaan harus digesa tubuhkan RCI sebelum PRU-13

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  16. sememangnya, isu PTI wujud dan perkara ini tidak boleh disangkalkan lagi, meminta agar kerajaan mengambil berat akan masalah ini yang semakin ketara di Sabah

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  17. yang nyata, penubuhan RCI ini adalah permintaan dari rakyat Sabah

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  18. The Federal Task Force is flushing out illegal immigrants in the interior.

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  19. In a two-day operation , a total of 303 foreigners were detained and screened.

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  20. Of the number, 74 were found to be without any valid travel documents and they were sent to the temporary detention centre in Papar.

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  21. Its operations director ASP Abdul Aziz Alwee said taht another 51 are being screened before further action is taken.

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  22. According to Aziz, the teams were focusing on squatter areas, town and places which have been identified to have high foreign workers population.

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  23. He said that on the first day of operation, they rounded up 252 foreigners.

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  24. The federal task force are working closely with the immigration department to check on the background of the detainees.

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  25. Among those detained included mothers and children whose needs were being looked into.

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  26. Though there was no untoward incident, some of the detainees tried to escape but were stopped by personnel.

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  27. He also reminded the people to always carry their personal documents for easy identification if there were raids.

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