The two should be subpoenaed by the Sabah RCI as they know more than what they're telling us, says Malaysia Today editor.
PETALING JAYA: Former prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad and Anwar Ibrahim, his deputy in the 1990s, should be made to testify in the Sabah’s Royal Commission of Inquiry (RCI),
Prominent blogger and Malaysia Today editor, Raja Petra Kamarudin, said it would help in the RCI’s probe into Sabah immigrants and the Project IC as they were the decision-makers then.
“I feel that both Mahathir and Anwar must be called to testify in the RCI, as should all those others in power since the 1970s until today,” said Raja Petra, popularly referred to as RPK.
“They know more than what they are telling us. There is more than meets the eye here and finger- pointing is not the right way to go,” he said in a blog posting today.
Mahathir and Anwar accused each other of being complicit in the citizenship-for-votes scam in the 1990s which saw about 200,000 Sabah immigrants obtaining Malaysian citizenship.
Mahathir claimed that Anwar had acted without his orders, while Anwar said the task force to grant citizenship to Sabah immigrants was managed by Mahathir.
RPK believed that Project IC was “a series of episodes” which happened at different times due to different reasons.
Separate the wheat from the chaff
He said despite the typical stereotyping of Sabah immigrants, there were genuine refugees who escaped from Mindanao, Philippines, when war erupted in the region in 1970s.
“On humanitarian grounds the Bangsa Moro Muslims must certainly be accorded refugee status as were the Burmese, Vietnamese, Cambodians and those from Southern Thailand.
“The granting of citizenship to them is justified. Even the US, Canada, Australia, some European countries classified them as refugees and took them in as did Malaysia,” he said.
RPK also claimed that all political parties which had ruled Sabah, be it Usno, Berjaya or PBS, have allowed refugees to enter Sabah.
However, the self-exiled blogger claimed there were also scenarios where immigrants were given citizenship by syndicates for pure monetary gains or election purposes.
“Let us hope the RCI gets to the bottom of this and separate the wheat from the chaff.
“We certainly want to nail those who personally profited from selling Malaysian citizenship, and those who padded the electoral roll with ‘new citizens’,” said RPK.
PETALING JAYA: Former prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad and Anwar Ibrahim, his deputy in the 1990s, should be made to testify in the Sabah’s Royal Commission of Inquiry (RCI),Prominent blogger and Malaysia Today editor, Raja Petra Kamarudin, said it would help in the RCI’s probe into Sabah immigrants and the Project IC as they were the decision-makers then.
“I feel that both Mahathir and Anwar must be called to testify in the RCI, as should all those others in power since the 1970s until today,” said Raja Petra, popularly referred to as RPK.
“They know more than what they are telling us. There is more than meets the eye here and finger- pointing is not the right way to go,” he said in a blog posting today.
Mahathir and Anwar accused each other of being complicit in the citizenship-for-votes scam in the 1990s which saw about 200,000 Sabah immigrants obtaining Malaysian citizenship.
Mahathir claimed that Anwar had acted without his orders, while Anwar said the task force to grant citizenship to Sabah immigrants was managed by Mahathir.
RPK believed that Project IC was “a series of episodes” which happened at different times due to different reasons.
Separate the wheat from the chaff
He said despite the typical stereotyping of Sabah immigrants, there were genuine refugees who escaped from Mindanao, Philippines, when war erupted in the region in 1970s.
“On humanitarian grounds the Bangsa Moro Muslims must certainly be accorded refugee status as were the Burmese, Vietnamese, Cambodians and those from Southern Thailand.
“The granting of citizenship to them is justified. Even the US, Canada, Australia, some European countries classified them as refugees and took them in as did Malaysia,” he said.
RPK also claimed that all political parties which had ruled Sabah, be it Usno, Berjaya or PBS, have allowed refugees to enter Sabah.
However, the self-exiled blogger claimed there were also scenarios where immigrants were given citizenship by syndicates for pure monetary gains or election purposes.
“Let us hope the RCI gets to the bottom of this and separate the wheat from the chaff.
“We certainly want to nail those who personally profited from selling Malaysian citizenship, and those who padded the electoral roll with ‘new citizens’,” said RPK.
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Dalam menghadapi PRU13 yang kian mendekat, Anwar Ibrahim berusaha menimbulkan pelbagai isu untuk menghakis kepercayaan rakyat terhadap Kerajaan UMNO-BN sama ada di peringkat negeri mahupun di peringkat Pusat.
Selepas satu demi satu isu yang dimainkan, hanyut begitu sahaja dan pendedahan menunjukkan penglibatan serius Anwar dalam rekaan isu-isu tersebut, Anwar cuba pula untuk menaikkan kemarahan rakyat Sabah menerusi isu kad pengenalan kepada pendatang asing.
Walaupun Anwar Ibrahim cukup sedar, otaknya tidak setara dengan otak Tun Dr. Mahathir, Anwar menyangkakan bekas Perdana Menteri keempat Malaysia itu sudah nyanyuk dan pelupa
Kesempatan itu digunakan oleh Anwar Ibrahim untuk memutarbelitkan beberapa fakta termasuklah penggunaan beberapa orang saksi yang diketahui pernah menjadi tahanan KEMTA kerana terbabit dengan skandal kad pengenalan biru yang mengancam keselamatan negara.
Dan sekarang, mereka menjadi saksi bagi pihak Anwar Ibrahim dan DAP yang mempersoalkan tentang pemberian kad pengenalan biru serta kewarganegaraan kepada kelompok warga asing beragama Islam di Sabah. Saved
Ketika Tun Dr. Mahathir membuka mulut dengan menyatakan kesediaannya untuk memberi keterangan bagi memudahkan siasatan RCI berhubung kes tersebut, tiba-tiba sahaja YB Jamban, Azmin Ali bersuara dan kelihatan cuba untuk membela Anwar Ibrahim.
Azmin Ali cuba membersihkan tangan kotor Anwar Ibrahim dengan meletakkan seluruh kesalahan kepada Tun Dr. Mahathir yang telah menjadi Perdana Menteri dari tahun 1981-2005.
Benarkah dakwaan Azmin Ali bahawa Anwar Ibrahim tidak terlibat dalam kes pemberian kad pengenalan tersebut? Sudah tentulah tidak!
Anwar Ibrahim merupakan salah seorang daripada anggota kabinet pada tahun-tahun di mana kontroversi pemberian kad pengenalan dan kewarganegaraan tersebut dipertikaikan.
Pada tahun 1991, sebuah unit khas telah ditubuhkan di bawah Pejabat Ketua Menteri Sabah untuk memantau kebanjiran pendatang haram di Sabah. Faktor tersebut bukanlah merupakan satu kebetulan apabila Anwar Ibrahim MENANG BESAR dalam perebutan jawatan Timbalan Presiden UMNO dengan undi terbesar kemenangannya datang dari Sabah.
Bekas PM dan bekas TPM perlu dipanggil memberi kenyataan depan RCI.
Diharapkan panel RCI akan meminta kedua-dua bekas pemimpin ini untuk tampil menjadi saksi.
Mereka merupakan pemerintah semasa Projek IC dimulakan.
Saya rasa mereka berdua ini pasti boleh memberi maklumat yang penting dalam kes ini.
Semua saksi haruslah ditemu bual supaya panel RCI boleh mendapat bukti yang lengkap untuk bantuan penyiasatan mereka.
The nation reeled in shock when the Royal Commission of Inquiry (RCI) holding court in Sabah heard witnesses testify about a devious scheme to populate Sabah with foreigners. This secret project – Project IC – was set in motion in the early 1980s to give away blue identity cards to illegal immigrants in Sabah in exchange for their votes. As a result, the state saw a dramatic increase in its population.
From 1980 to 2000, the population rose from about 1,013,003 to 2,603,485. It is estimated that there are now 1.75 million foreigners – mostly from the Philippines, Indonesia, India and Pakistan – in the state compared with 1.5 million genuine locals. The dirty game was played out when Dr Mahathir Mohamad was the prime minister.
Anwar Ibrahim joined Mahathir’s Cabinet in 1983 and 10 years later, was anointed as the deputy prime minister. Anwar was just a heart’s beat away from the centre of power but fell from grace in 1998. Project IC was conceived during Anwar’s time and it was said its objective was to ensure Parti Bersatu Sabah (PBS) would not be returned to power in the 1994 general election. It nearly achieved its mission because PBS came back with a reduced majority. PBS governed the state from 1985 to 1994, which was certainly distasteful to Mahathir and perhaps Anwar.
The thousands of illegal immigrants who were given the blue ICs and had the right to vote had evidently played a major role in seeing PBS cut down to size. Was Anwar in the dark when the BN devil’s workshop was busily plotting the downfall of PBS? Meanwhile, with the passage of time the suspicion grew that Mahathir was the man who engineered Project IC. He was not directly implicated and had never admitted to this foul practice. But then in recent years the call grew louder for a RCI to get to the bottom of this morass.
The RCI hearings revealed a shocking tale of government collusion in giving away the blue ICs to the illegal immigrants. Mahathir himself admitted the existence of this nefarious project. He justified its existence because the immigrants had stayed in Sabah for many years and had mastered Bahasa Malaysia. His justification carries little weight especially when there are thousands of locals born and bred in Malaysia who are denied the right to citizenship.
Mahathir now blames Anwar for Project IC. Anwar claims innocence and points the finger back at his former boss. If Mahathir’s accusation sticks, Anwar will be in hot water because Sabah will be unable to come to terms with the “treacherous” opposition leader if Pakatan Rakyat comes to power. The old doctor is clearly hoping to undermine Anwar’s credibility as the latter fights to stay clean and honourable in the political race.
Mahathir is standing on thin ice because he has indirectly made a confession. Shifting the blame suddenly to Anwar is a lame attempt at extricating himself from a political mess. But Anwar, too, cannot claim total innocence because he was in the government for so many years and was Mahathir’s right-hand man and heir apparent. Didn’t his boss whisper in his ears about Project IC during all those long years of political partnership? Didn’t he become Mahathir’s “errand boy” for the dirty job?
Both men, now mortal foes, are willing to testify at the ongoing RCI hearings but with politics in their minds. Mahathir will want to convince the voters in Sabah that Anwar is the “political crook” who had initiated Project IC and had acted without orders from the top. Anwar will play the “guiltless hero” who will argue he was never consulted about the stratagem and therefore could come out smelling like a rose.
But Mahathir is irrelevant because it is unlikely he will make a political comeback. It is a resurgent Anwar who must speak the plain truth because Sabah is pivotal to his chances of occupying the chair of his former boss. Project IC is now an albatross around his neck and he must get rid of it fast if he wants to win over the people in Sabah. It will certainly work to Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak’s advantage if Anwar turns out to be the main culprit.
Still the old man cannot be let off the hook. The citizenship-for-votes scheme is a political crime for which he must take full responsibility because it all happened under his watch. He cannot plead ignorance for a massive operation that robbed the genuine citizens of Sabah of their sovereign rights. If a special court is to be set up to try the culprits for their despicable role in Project IC, Mahathir should be the first to face justice. He should stand in the dock for “selling Sabah” for a few pieces of ballot papers.
RCI SABAH: PONDAN TUA @ ANWAR IBRAHIM KATA "JANGAN RISAU SAYA MENTERI KEWANGAN MALAYSIA"...
Pada PRU ke-8 pada tahun 1990, kira-kira 5 hari sebelum Hari pembuangan undi. Parti PBS yang bermesyuarat di rumah Ketua Menteri di Seri Gaya, Kota Kinabalu telah mengambil keputusan keluar dari BN. Akhirnya, UMNO terpaksa masuk ke Sabah untuk membantu USNO yang menghadapi kesukaran untuk menyelamatkan umat Islam dan Bumiputera Islam di Sabah ketika itu. Dalam kes ini, orang yang paling berjasa ialah Allahyarham Tun Ghafar Baba, bukannya Anwar Ibrahim!
RCI SABAH: PONDAN TUA @ ANWAR IBRAHIM KATA "JANGAN RISAU SAYA MENTERI KEWANGAN MALAYSIA"...
Kemudiannya, pada tahun 1994 berlangsung pula PRU peringkat negeri Sabah. BN Sabah yang diketuai oleh UMNO Sabah hanya kekurangan 2 kerusi untuk membentuk Kerajaan Negeri. Nafsu dan Kerakusan Anwar tiada siapa yang mampu mengatasinya!
RCI SABAH: PONDAN TUA @ ANWAR IBRAHIM KATA "JANGAN RISAU SAYA MENTERI KEWANGAN MALAYSIA"...
Anwar Ibrahim mengambil kesempatan kerana pada tahun 1995 akan berlangsung Pemilihan Presiden dan Timbalan Presiden UMNO. Lalu, Anwar Ibrahim membeli Lajim Ukin dengan diikuti oleh YB-YB PBS yang lain. Akhirnya hanya tinggal 5 orang YB PBS sahaja dalam parti PBS, yang lainnya semua dibeli oleh Anwar Ibrahim.
RCI SABAH: PONDAN TUA @ ANWAR IBRAHIM KATA "JANGAN RISAU SAYA MENTERI KEWANGAN MALAYSIA"...
Idea membeli YB ini dicadangkan oleh Anwar Ibrahim. Tun Dr. Mahathir dan Tun Ghafar Baba menentang cara ini, namun Anwar Ibrahim pandai "kelentong", akhirnya dibeli juga. Maka, tumbanglah kerajaan PBS!
RCI SABAH: PONDAN TUA @ ANWAR IBRAHIM KATA "JANGAN RISAU SAYA MENTERI KEWANGAN MALAYSIA"...
Cara ini hendak diulangi Anwar Ibrahim pada tahun 16 September 2008. Malangnya, Anwar tak cukup duit kerana Anwar Ibrahim hanya meletakkan di mulutnya sahaja akan membayar YB si polan YB si polan sekiranya sanggup berhijrah. Namun, semua YB tahu Anwar kaki kelentong.
RCI SABAH: PONDAN TUA @ ANWAR IBRAHIM KATA "JANGAN RISAU SAYA MENTERI KEWANGAN MALAYSIA"...
Dalam hal ini, Mantan TYT Sarawak memberitahu kami, Anwar Ibrahim turut memujuk anaknya supaya melompat parti ke PR. Juga gagal. Keghairahan yang meluap-luap Anwar mahu menjadi TPM dan seterusnya PM dibayangkan dengan jumlah Undi Perwakilan UMNO Sabah daripada 20 bahagian.
RCI SABAH: PONDAN TUA @ ANWAR IBRAHIM KATA "JANGAN RISAU SAYA MENTERI KEWANGAN MALAYSIA"...
Anwar menggunakan kuasanya sebagai Menteri Kewangan, dengan menghambur wang ke bahagian-bahagian dengan syarat Mencalonkannya sebagai Calon Timbalan Presiden UMNO. Walaupun di depan Kamera TV dan di hadapan Tun Ghafar Baba, Anwar mengatakan tidak akan bertanding. Benar kata Pak Lah semalam, "saya kenal betul Anwar Ibrahim, Kaki Pembohong, depan cakap lain, belakang cakap lain!".
RCI SABAH: PONDAN TUA @ ANWAR IBRAHIM KATA "JANGAN RISAU SAYA MENTERI KEWANGAN MALAYSIA"...
Anwar dengan kuasa dan kepercayaan yang diberikan oleh Tun Dr. Mahathir ketika itu Perdana Menteri, telah memberikan wang yang bukan sedikit untuk Proses memberikan IC-IC biru kepada pekerja asing dan pendatang asing.
RCI SABAH: PONDAN TUA @ ANWAR IBRAHIM KATA "JANGAN RISAU SAYA MENTERI KEWANGAN MALAYSIA"...
Anwar Ibrahim memberikan Arahan dan Wang supaya mereka mendaftarkan lebih banyak IC-IC baru supaya mereka boleh menjadi pengundi PRU Negeri Sabah pada tahun 1994, dan supaya mereka ini diserapkan memasuki UMNO untuk memenangkan proksi-proksinya di bahagian dalam Pemilihan UMNO tahun 1995.
RCI SABAH: PONDAN TUA @ ANWAR IBRAHIM KATA "JANGAN RISAU SAYA MENTERI KEWANGAN MALAYSIA"...
Jika kamu sangsi modus operandi ini, kamu boleh tanya YB DSP Salleh Said Keruak, YB Sipitang, YB Kalabakan, Karim Ghani dan banyak lagi lah. Sebab itulah YB DSP Salleh berkata supaya Anwar jangan membohong tetapi bercakap benarlah! Malangnya, Anwar tidak berani menjawab suara YB DSP Salleh Said Keruak!
RCI SABAH: PONDAN TUA @ ANWAR IBRAHIM KATA "JANGAN RISAU SAYA MENTERI KEWANGAN MALAYSIA"...
Dalam satu majlis proksinya di Sabah, dengan egonya Anwar berkata"...apa kamu takut, Saya Menteri Kewangan Malaysia..." . Maksud Anwar, buat apa sahaja, jika kamu perlu Wang, Anwar Ibarhim boleh mencetak berjuta-juta not RM500 dan RM1000 atau Lot-Lot Saham dan tukarkannya di Bank Bumiputera (CIMB sekarang) menjadi wang ringgit.
RCI SABAH: PONDAN TUA @ ANWAR IBRAHIM KATA "JANGAN RISAU SAYA MENTERI KEWANGAN MALAYSIA"...
Anwar jugalah sebenarnya yang Membankrapkan Bank Bumiputera, bukan Tengku Razaliegh. Tengku pakar Ekonomi walhal Anwar lulusan Sastera Sains Sosial!
RCI SABAH: PONDAN TUA @ ANWAR IBRAHIM KATA "JANGAN RISAU SAYA MENTERI KEWANGAN MALAYSIA"...
Benar kata Pak Lah, sesudah Anwar memberikan Arahan dan Wang supaya proses sahaja, matlamatnya dia segera ke kerusi TPM dan kemudiannya PM.
RCI SABAH: PONDAN TUA @ ANWAR IBRAHIM KATA "JANGAN RISAU SAYA MENTERI KEWANGAN MALAYSIA"...
Arahan Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad ketika itu ialah selesaikan masalah rakyat Sabah tanpa negara, rakyat Sabah tanpa dokumen, malangnya Anwar dan proksi-proksinya tidak melaksanakan Arahan dengan betul. Anwar membuat projek pula, proksi-proksinya turut membuat projek, akhirnya arahan Tun Dr. Mahathir tidak diikuti.
RCI SABAH: PONDAN TUA @ ANWAR IBRAHIM KATA "JANGAN RISAU SAYA MENTERI KEWANGAN MALAYSIA"...
Apakah Tun Dr. Mahathir berdiam diri? Tidak sama sekali, untuk menyelesaikan hal ini, Kerajaan telah menangkap 98 Orang termasuk 16 Kakitangan JPN yang terlibat menjual Resit IC, menjual IC, Menipu Maklumat Diri dan sebagainya. Ini menunjukkan kerajaan sangat tegas! Tiada kompromi.
RCI SABAH: PONDAN TUA @ ANWAR IBRAHIM KATA "JANGAN RISAU SAYA MENTERI KEWANGAN MALAYSIA"...
Jika kamu bercakap soal Integriti dan Kejujuran, siapakah yang lebih berintegriti Lulusan Doktor Perubatan atau Lulusan Sastera Sosial? Siapakah yang akan bercakap Fakta dan Auta Bermelangkolik?
RCI SABAH: PONDAN TUA @ ANWAR IBRAHIM KATA "JANGAN RISAU SAYA MENTERI KEWANGAN MALAYSIA"...
Jika kamu bawa Anwar ke RCI. Dia akan bercakap berputar-putar macam ini, "masa itu saya jaga buku teks saja, saya mana sempat pergi Kota Kinabalu, Nala sudah tunggu saya 5.00pm depan pejabat mahu main tenis, masa saya Menteri Kewangan, wang saya biasa hilang di rumah RM20,000 tapi saya relaks sahaja sebab saya Meneri Kewangan.
RCI SABAH: PONDAN TUA @ ANWAR IBRAHIM KATA "JANGAN RISAU SAYA MENTERI KEWANGAN MALAYSIA"...
Maka, jika kamu mahu tahu lebih lanjut lagi campurtangan Anwar dalam hal IC Sabah, bolehlah bertanya kepada DSP Salleh Said Keruak, YB Sipitang, YB Kalabakan, Karim Ghani dan lain-lainnya itu.
RCI SABAH: PONDAN TUA @ ANWAR IBRAHIM KATA "JANGAN RISAU SAYA MENTERI KEWANGAN MALAYSIA"...
Mantan Perdana Menteri, Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad berkata Ketua Pembangkang, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim terlibat secara langsung dalam projek untuk memberikan kewarganegaraan dan kad pengenalan kepada pendatang yang tidak layak di Sabah dalam tahun 90-an.
Beliau berkata, walaupun Anwar tidak diberi arahan secara langsung namun Ahli Parlimen Permatang Pauh itu sering mengambil inisiatif dan kadang-kadang melakukan lebih daripada yang diperlukan.
Rakyat di negara ini khususnya masyarakat Melayu diingatkan tidak ghairah menjatuhkan Barisan Nasional (BN) sehingga sanggup memilih Anwar Ibrahim sebagai Perdana Menteri.
Bekas Naib Pengerusi DAP, Tunku Abdul Aziz Tunku Ibrahim berkata, perkara itu memandangkan sekiranya Anwar dipilih menjadi Perdana Menteri, pihak yang sebenarnya berkuasa adalah DAP.
Menurutnya, Anwar memperalatkan DAP untuk mencapai cita-citanya sebagai Perdana Menteri manakala DAP pula mempergunakan Anwar untuk menjadi parti nombor satu di negara ini.
"Orang Melayu jangan tertipu dengan menyangka Anwar akan berkuasa, akhirnya kuasa tersebut akan diberikan kepada parti yang didominasi kaum Cina.
"DAP juga akan rasa selamat sekiranya memilih Anwar berbanding calon daripada Pas kerana mereka tidak perlu 'terbeban' dengan penubuhan negara Islam atau pelaksanaan hukum hudud," katanya
Tunku Abdul Aziz berkata, Pas hanya tiket untuk DAP dan PKR memastikan kemenangan dalam pilihan raya dan mereka langsung tidak berminat terhadap prinsip Islam parti tersebut.
"Lihat sahaja sehingga hari ini, mereka tidak dapat mencapai sebarang persetujuan berhubung pelaksanaan hukum hudud atau penubuhan negara Islam. Mereka hanya minat dengan undi orang Islam sahaja, untuk itu mereka memerlukan Pas.
"Pas harus sedar perkara ini dan kembali kepada agenda asal mereka, jangan biar terus dipergunakan," tegasnya.
Dalam masa sama, beliau turut memberi amaran negara akan porak-peranda sekiranya Anwar dilantik sebagai Perdana Menteri.
"Negara ini akan hancur jika Anwar memerintah, jika tampuk pemerintahan jatuh ke tangan pembangkang, kita hanya boleh menyaksikan keadaan huru-hara.
"Pembangkang bukan mahu mengubah nasib rakyat di negara ini, mereka hanya mahu berkuasa demi kepentingan diri sendiri dan bukan demi rakyat. Jangan tertipu," ujarnya.
Anwar tidak layak untuk menjadi PM Malaysia.
Pembangkang tidak ikhlas membantu rakyat. Semua yang mereka buat hanya untuk kepentingan diri sendiri.
Ketua Pembangkang, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim terlibat secara langsung dalam projek untuk mengeluarkan kewarganegaraan dan kad pengenalan kepada pendatang yang tidak layak di Sabah dalam tahun 90-an, walaupun tanpa arahan darinya, dakwa bekas Perdana Menteri, Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad.
Beliau biasanya mengambil inisiatif dan kadang-kadang melakukan (lebih daripada yang diperlukan)," kata Dr Mahathir dalam satu sidang akhbar di Kuala Lumpur hari ini.
Dr Mahathir berkata, apa yang berlaku di bawah sering berbeza daripada arahan atas.
Beliau berkata, Anwar dan pegawai pelaksana di Sabah pada masa itu bertindak sendiri dan tidak semestinya mengikut arahan.
Bekas perdana menteri itu berkata kerajaan telah mengambil tindakan terhadap pegawai-pegawai yang terlibat.
Dr Mahathir diminta mengulas sama ada beliau pernah mengarahkan Anwar, pada masa itu timbalannya, untuk mengeluarkan IC kepada pendatang yang tidak berkelayakan di Sabah.
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