Niat chairman Thasleem Mohamed Ibrahim has made a startling revelation saying that the late deputy home minister Megat Junid Megat Ayub had asked stateless Indian to go to Sabah to obtain proper documentation.
PETALING JAYA: National Indian Action Team (Niat) and Jihad for Justice chairman Thasleem Mohamed Ibrahim has claimed that the late deputy home minister Megat Junid Megat Ayub had asked him to refer cases of Indians, without proper documentation, to go to Sabah if they wanted proper papers.
He said whenever he discussed the issue of stateless Indians with Megat Junid, the latter would refer to cases in Sabah.
“I’m speaking out because [former prime minister) Dr Mahathir Mohamad raised the issue of Tunku Abdul Rahman granting citizenship to one million people in the Peninsula before independence.
“I would never have spoken about this otherwise, as Megat is no longer with us. He was my school senior, and often during our conversations, I would bring up the issue of stateless Indians,” he said.
Thasleem said on numerous occasions between 1994 to 1996, whenever he told Megat Jubid that a lot of Indians have been living here for many years without citizenship, his immediate reaction would be: “Don’t waste time, go to Sabah.”
“I was quite suspicious on why he continued to mention Sabah but he repeated this on two to three occasions, claiming that if cases were to be dealt here, some of the stateless people may have to pay up to RM50,000 for their application to be approved,” he said.
“The citizenship should be given to them. These people were born here, they were not smuggled here.
“We just want the government to solve this issue once and for all,” said Thasleem.
Jihad for Justice is a new organisation, established a month ago, and 5,000 people have indicated their support.
PETALING JAYA: National Indian Action Team (Niat) and Jihad for Justice chairman Thasleem Mohamed Ibrahim has claimed that the late deputy home minister Megat Junid Megat Ayub had asked him to refer cases of Indians, without proper documentation, to go to Sabah if they wanted proper papers.He said whenever he discussed the issue of stateless Indians with Megat Junid, the latter would refer to cases in Sabah.
“I’m speaking out because [former prime minister) Dr Mahathir Mohamad raised the issue of Tunku Abdul Rahman granting citizenship to one million people in the Peninsula before independence.
“I would never have spoken about this otherwise, as Megat is no longer with us. He was my school senior, and often during our conversations, I would bring up the issue of stateless Indians,” he said.
Thasleem said on numerous occasions between 1994 to 1996, whenever he told Megat Jubid that a lot of Indians have been living here for many years without citizenship, his immediate reaction would be: “Don’t waste time, go to Sabah.”
“I was quite suspicious on why he continued to mention Sabah but he repeated this on two to three occasions, claiming that if cases were to be dealt here, some of the stateless people may have to pay up to RM50,000 for their application to be approved,” he said.
“The citizenship should be given to them. These people were born here, they were not smuggled here.
“We just want the government to solve this issue once and for all,” said Thasleem.
Jihad for Justice is a new organisation, established a month ago, and 5,000 people have indicated their support.
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Benar Megat Junid dah tak boleh nak menjawab 'tuduhan', Tunku Abdul Rahman juga sudah tiada...jadi..siapa nak jawab??
Act Of Treason Against Sabahans, Where Was Anwar Ibrahim In 1994?
We know what he did in 1994! He was the man on the ground not Mahathir
IT'S NOW becoming a fashion of sort to blame the dead. As we all know "dead men tell no tales." A dead man also cannot wake up from his grave, kick you in the ass and defend himself. So it's a win-win situation.
We know what he did in 1994! He was the man on the ground not Mahathir
Former Sabah NRD director Ramli Kamaruddin said former Deputy Home Minister Megat Junid told him, here, to issue receipt to allow illegal immigrants to vote in the 1994 state elections. Megat Junid died on 24 January 2008.
We know what he did in 1994! He was the man on the ground not Mahathir
Former Prime Minister Tun Mahathir Mohammad had been implicated with the issuance of Malaysian I/C to illegal immigrants dubbed "Project M". Mahathir must be really stupid to allow his name to be used for illegal activity.
We know what he did in 1994! He was the man on the ground not Mahathir
The question is was Mahathir complicit in this illegal activity or was it people below him who took upon themselves to do the malfeasance?
We know what he did in 1994! He was the man on the ground not Mahathir
Anwar Ibrahim, the great pretender and man of conscience was then the deputy prime minister and minister of finance, why did he not stop this act of treason against Sabahans?
Was he also complicit to the illegal activity in the 1994 Sabah state elections? We know what he did in 1994!
We know what he did in 1994! He was the man on the ground not Mahathir
He was the man on the ground not Mahathir. He was very much involved in the programme to destabilise the then PBS government and was the mastermind of the crossing over of PBS assemblymen to BN at that time.
We know what he did in 1994! He was the man on the ground not Mahathir
As they say "what goes around come around", the same frogs have now joined him to do exactly the same exercise and this time to destabilise the BN government. The unfortunate thing is Malaysians still think this man is worthy of trust.
The U.S give out citizenship every year to qualified immigrants
there is nothing wrong in giving immigrants citizenship as long as they meet the requirement
NRD Deputy Director Nik Norashikin Nik Mansur said 66,682 people in Sabah received Malaysian citizenship between 1964 to October 2012. She added that 38,000 were from Malaysia, 13,000 from China, 7,000 from Indonesia, while the rest were from the Philippines, Hong Kong and other countries. Those from Malaysia were born in Malaysia.
there is nothing wrong in giving immigrants citizenship as long as they meet the requirement
Those from China was a bit of a surprise. My British friend who had stayed in this country for almost three decades applied for permanent residence a number of times but to no avail. He passed away some five years ago and became permanent resident in Sabah, as dead as a doornail.
there is nothing wrong in giving immigrants citizenship as long as they meet the requirement
If what the opposition say about the government unlawful exercise to increase Muslim population is true, it seems absurd that the government also give to non-Muslim nationals from other countries.
there is nothing wrong in giving immigrants citizenship as long as they meet the requirement
Many countries give citizenship to immigrants who meet the requirement and abide by the law of the land. Knowing how to speak the local language is a must before citizenship is accorded to the person concerned.
there is nothing wrong in giving immigrants citizenship as long as they meet the requirement
Many of the immigrants who had stayed here a few decades can speak better Malay than many local Chinese and Indians that have been here a few generations. Even those from China who have been here just a few years speak better Bahasa than some Malaysian Chinese.
there is nothing wrong in giving immigrants citizenship as long as they meet the requirement
Malaysia also hosted the highest number of Chinese nationals compared to other nationals in its "Malaysia My Second Home" program and surprisingly some have pick up the language faster than some local Chinese.
there is nothing wrong in giving immigrants citizenship as long as they meet the requirement
I was amazed by a Chinese girl from China who was selling some Chinese goods at Wisma Merdeka a while back. She spoke fluent Bahasa Melayu, addressing her customers as abang, pakchik, kakak and so forth. I suppose one have to make an effort when it comes to survival.
there is nothing wrong in giving immigrants citizenship as long as they meet the requirement
As Mahathir said there is nothing wrong in giving immigrants citizenship as long as they meet the requirement. The U.S and many European countries give out citizenship every year to qualified immigrants.
there is nothing wrong in giving immigrants citizenship as long as they meet the requirement
It was also reported that some 128,000 dubious ICs was issued over a period, but after government investigation a total of 91,656 were found to be fake and had been cancelled. Actions had been taken against some NRD officers including invoking the ISA on them for selling ICs to illegal immigrants.
there is nothing wrong in giving immigrants citizenship as long as they meet the requirement
Obviously, these rouge officers, either were making use of government apparatus to do illicit business or taking instructions from their superiors to do the malfeasance to diddle Sabahans of their democratic rights.
Some good are coming out of the RCI and PM Najib should be lauded for his effort to find out the truth.
there is nothing wrong in giving immigrants citizenship as long as they meet the requirement
The RCI is getting exciting each day and a boon for crooks, liars, opportunists and honest-to-goodness witnesses sharing the limelight of the unconscionable blame game.
I hope those involved in falsifying and issuing of ICs and tempering with the electoral rolls would be severely punished, irrespective of their positions, be they ministers, NRD officers or EC officers.
there is nothing wrong in giving immigrants citizenship as long as they meet the requirement
The skewed and lopsided pro-opposition news portal and blogs as usual only reported the negatives outcome and censored anything positive of the government.
How about Mahathir?
And now what?
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