Mohd Farhan Darwis
The royal probe was apt to only bring problems, said Dr Mahathir.
Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad said today he disagreed with Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s decision to set up a Royal Commission of Inquiry (RCI) into Sabah’s illegal immigrant problem, pointing out that such a panel would bring no solutions and instead complicate matters.
His latest remarks come even as the prime minister prepares to announce the terms of reference for the RCI tomorrow in Sabah, in what is seen as a bid to head off the potential for a revolt in the east Malaysian state over the illegal immigrants issue, after two Barisan Nasional (BN) lawmakers quit recently citing the federal government’s lack of resolve in solving the surge in the number of foreigners in the state.
“The RCI will not deliver any result that will solve the problems. When there is an RCI it will bring about other matters,” the former prime minister told reporters today.
Some opposition politicians have blamed Dr Mahathir for the growth of illegal immigrant numbers in Sabah, pointing to the fact that the state saw a huge increase in population during his time as the prime minister.
But Dr Mahathir, who was premier from 1981 until 2003, sought to justify the increase in Sabah’s population in the latest posting on his blog earlier this week.
Earlier this week, he defended the increase in the number of migrants in Sabah, pointing out that they qualified to be citizens because they have been staying in Malaysia for decades and spoke Bahasa Malaysia.
“I have been accused of apparently bringing them (illegal immigrants) in … We don’t have to do that because they came on their own.
“Previously they have been coming and going. They are not alien to Sabah; they have been going back and forth between Sabah and the Philippines. Maybe they feel Sabah is safer and that is why they stay there,” said Dr Mahathir today.
He highlighted that, while he was PM, he had directed the authorities to repatriate the foreigners but it was a pointless exercise because they kept returning.
Yesterday a Sabah-based Barisan Nasional (BN) party condemned Dr Mahathir for his “insensitive” defence of Sabah’s increasing migrant population, an emotive issue that will likely be central to the pact’s campaign for the state in the coming polls.
The United Pasokmomogun Kadazandusun Murut Organisation (UPKO) said in a statement in Kota Kinabalu that Dr Mahathir, whom the opposition has blamed for Sabah’s unchecked population increase, had confused the state’s illegal immigrants with its legal migrants.
Najib had announced the highly-anticipated RCI on Sabah’s illegals issue on June 1 but stopped short of revealing details of the panel’s composition and terms of reference.
The issue has been bandied about in the media for nearly six months since February 10 when Sabah BN leader Tan Sri Bernard Dompok’s first announced Cabinet’s decision to form the RCI.
The unchecked influx of illegal immigrants in Sabah has been a longstanding problem in the BN-ruled state, and frequently blamed for the rise in social, economic and security problems suffered by the locals here.
According to replies provided in Parliament last year, Sabah’s populace numbered 651,304 in 1970 and grew to 929,299 a decade later. But in the two decades following 1980, the state’s population rose significantly by a staggering 1.5 million people, reaching 2,468,246 by 2000.
Media reports said that as of 2010, this number has grown further to 3.12 million, with foreigners making up a sizeable 27 per cent or 889,799 of the population.
Opposition leaders have long raged against the BN government for this population explosion, alleging that illegals have been allowed into the east Malaysian state, and given MyKads and voting rights to help the ruling coalition cling to power.
He thought that it was a clever trap to trapped the Kadazan Dusun and other natives in UMNO clutches forever. Well, the supossedly fool proof trap trapped the TRAPPER HIMSELF. HA ha ha serve you right for playing with people’s lives!!! I know this is a BLACK OUT DAY for internet users but i can’t wait to throw mud….
Comment by Brian — August 14, 2012 @ 2:29 PM |
You Mamakkudip has taken so many advantages from this issue. How much $ have you makan from it ? If you are areal Malaysian, why do you agree to give them citizenship ? what is the motive behind ? you want to ensure BN will control Sabah by getting the new votes from those illegal immigrant ? NONE of Malaysian will accept any others nation to be easily become Malaysian in anyway EXCEPT Mamakkudip !!! WHY ??? sure got something behind. Those veteran Chinese and Indian in Malaysia have wanting for 20, 30, 40 years BUT still can’t get citizenship !!! what the f’ck BN has done !!! We will ensure to pull BN out from power in next GE !!!
Comment by Mike- Johor — August 13, 2012 @ 2:39 PM |
IF ONLY PEOPLE PLAY BACK ALL HIS VIDEO TAPE SPEECHES AND INTERVIEWS!
He never ever answers Questions thrown at HIM
He will deviate and ignore the question, by giving an excuse of this & that!
He never answers to ANYTHING!
He will in return put forth a QUESTION INSTEAD!
SNAKES AND SNAKE OIL – AT BEST!
Comment by SNAKE CATCHER — August 12, 2012 @ 11:16 PM |
WE ALL KNOW WHY HE IS SO WORRIED!
We also KNOW who will be jailed – if the truth is OUT!
We also know the heart cannot take IT – going to JAIL!
Mubarak will certainly face his death bed in JAIL…
What choice does one have NOW!
Plea for leniency and beg for FORGIVNESS
THAT IS ABOUT ALL!
Comment by SING-SING PRISON — August 12, 2012 @ 11:11 PM |
Dear Mahathir, you reap what you sow.
Karma, karma, karma!
Comment by Ti — August 12, 2012 @ 3:24 PM |
This devil from Kerala must be destroyed as soon as possible before he wreck more havoc …
Comment by tigeryk — August 12, 2012 @ 12:23 PM |
Correct!Correct!Correct!Simply put,it is pointless and a farce to have any inquiry on any abuse by the BN as long as BN is in power.The right and left hands still belong to the same person.It is very rare for a sane person to beat himself.The only solution is to change the government
Comment by Reapusow — August 12, 2012 @ 11:38 AM |
Illegal immigrants given Mycard and registered as voters by certain quarters and with the tacit approval of the sitting government, cannot and must not be allowed to vote and determine the future of all Malaysians. Malaysians of all races, especially Malaysian Malays must be absolutely clear about their rights to prevent these illegal immigrants from determining our future and undermining our choice of government and occupying our space and lands by virtue of being given Mycards by traitors of this nation and race..
Comment by Kamal Hussein — August 12, 2012 @ 7:37 AM |
Seem that Tun Mahathir will be caught by his own trap.
Comment by magnum5583 — August 11, 2012 @ 9:48 PM |
Mahathir is using his diminishing influence to get the police not to cooperate with RCI. It is all a bluff and a Najib’s gimmick and if GE13 is held before the RCI is completed.
Comment by Bidayuh Headmaster — August 11, 2012 @ 9:24 PM |
Yes. All Bidayuh should unite to reject BN while we rejoice for Pandalela!
Comment by Mizz Bidayuh — August 12, 2012 @ 5:16 PM |
Everybody knows that MAHATHIR is the king of denial and MAHATIHIR still believes that nobody knows that he is the king of denial.
Comment by malaysianthinker — August 11, 2012 @ 8:41 PM |
Mahathir is the Author of “Project I.C” and setting up of RCI would complicate him directly. Look at his unpatriotic comments : “…………………we don’t have to do that because they come on their own…………..
maybe they feel Sabah is safer and that is why they stay there……………………..to repatriate the foreigners…..but it was a pointless exercise because they kept returning.”
So, indeed Sabah is like a paradise or heaven for the illegal immigrants and they have been offered free entry, free mykads and free special rights at the expense of the locals as long as they are willing to vote for umno/bn. All these have been possible because of this devil in disguise as human.
Now, the message is clear and Najib’s RCI is just a fake. I call upon all Sabahan voters to reject umno/bn
outright in the GE13 if you love your state.
Comment by Justice Lover — August 11, 2012 @ 7:34 PM |
As always nothing constructive will come out of this.
It does serve 2 purposes – to spin Najib’s hollow promises n lies; to keep UMNO warlords of his back.
If UMNO gangsters are nice he does nothing as usual.
BN is not a party in government but mafias out to rob rakyat.
Najib has given Genting cronies Raya angpow, the affirmative action, to make money out of Malay Felda settlers!
Comment by Winds below — August 11, 2012 @ 5:02 PM |
If Najib is truly sincere, he could have announced the RCI term of reference 6 months ago and or he should have guaranteed all Malaysians that there shall be no election before the completion of the investigation and the EC shall concurrently clean up its electoral records as well.
Comment by Mata Kuching — August 11, 2012 @ 4:15 PM |
It seem that the issues had been ignored for a long time, just like cancer,BN/UMNO has 6 month to live.
Comment by magnum5583 — August 11, 2012 @ 9:54 PM |
He is afraid that once the RCI conducts its investigation, the whole world will know that Mahatir was the CULPRIT and PERPETRATOR.
Comment by kancilmelaka — August 11, 2012 @ 2:47 PM |
Surely by now umno grass root members know who the devil is. They have had been belittled by their TUAN who recruited aliens in order to gain political power and strength without actually thinking and caring for their young Malaysians’ future, Malaysia tanahku.
Hordes of young Malaysians have realised those buggers had been badly marred their homeland. The crooked wavy weapon comprising race, language and religion that had been used as political traits when during the heat on operation lallang and now irrelevant to modern 1Malaysia societies.
Why the nil ruling on these illegal immigrants that they must undergo a full understandings on living Sabahan ethnic cultures and traditions first before they can be considered for temporary absorption into becoming rightful citizenship then?
Again, guess what will be the today’s umno members, young and old, reactions when Sabahan’s proposed an immediate compulsory shipment of all these immigrants to the Barat instead.
Ha ha, ever a devil admits mistake.
Comment by miaOwkia — August 11, 2012 @ 12:23 PM |
Of course with Najib’s RCI on illegal problems it’ll only caused problems and complicated matters,but not towards Najib,but to Tun Kutty,it will reveal how he sold out the country and he should be hung for Treason,my advised to Najib and Rosmah is,Well Rosmah,please give back Najib’s balls so he can act decisively n arrest Tun Bastards Kutty and then arrest all of Mamak’s henchmen,then to Malaysians he
can show enough courage and not Flip Flop, and for once silence his critics within Umno,implement all the good policies and follow it thru to the letter that he has intended n truly show Malaysian that he is a capable PM. And with his balls back,perhaps he can tone down Rosmah’s antics, and perhaps gain some sympathy from middle class and thinking Malaysian.Then for next 5 years,he can show how we Malaysian can regain our confidence.Restore the Judiciary,MACC and the Police,Disband RELA,send Ibrahim Ali the Frog into Kamunting for 20 years,chop off the warlords power and appoint new n smarter politicians,have a joint Govt with the opposition for the good of all Malaysians,my 50 sens worth ( Inflation maa )
Comment by Lok1 — August 11, 2012 @ 10:05 AM |
MAHATHIR’S LEGACY OF POVERTY & DIVIDED PEOPLE
MALAYSIA DAY’S JANJI TAK DITEPATI RAKYAT DIBOHONGI
http://borneoherald.blogspot.com.au/2012/07/malaysia-days-janji-tak-ditepati-rakyat.html
What a East Malaysian think on the eve of Merdeka
In the past 55 years and more, they have made us poorer still.
After more than 50 years of “Janji tak diTepati, Rakyat selalu diBohongi”, Iet us say goodbye to UMNO BN. Is this coming GE 13 (PRU 13) the end of BN in Sabah? Sabahans must realise that they have replaced the white men imperialist’s colonialism with brown skin UMNOputras.
In the year 1963, people of Sabah and Sarawak were conned or sweet-talked to join Malaysia; and later still, UMNO either branded them as “pendatang” and now classify them into Bumi versus non Bumi. Even if they were classified Bumi, their status are second class Bumi only unlike the peninsular Bumis (Malays mostly) who are more privileged.
Comment by anon — August 11, 2012 @ 9:45 AM |
Mahathir Mahamad is an incorrigible racist, hypocrite and liar. The majority of the nation’s Malays and Bumiputras had never benefited from his policies and that of his predecessors. So anything the BN does now which will lead to a free, clean and fair election and curbing corruption effectively will only spell disasters for himself and all UMNO leaders especially and some BN leaders from the smaller parties.
Even a change in disbursing petroleum revenue to oil producing states and a change in the national automobile policy will effective kill Mahathir’s and UMNO leaders’ business.
Comment by Mata Kuching — August 11, 2012 @ 9:10 AM |
The late Sultan Johor is correct about Dr Mamak the Pensioner…kalau sudah Pencen jangan lagi bising-bising lah He He He
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Sultan Johor Minta Dr M Hidup Seperti Pesara
Bernama 24/10/2006
JOHOR BAHARU – Sultan Johor, Sultan Iskandar al-Marhum Sultan Ismail, Selasa dilaporkan bertitah secara terbuka bahawa bekas Perdana Menteri Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad harus berkelakuan seperti pesara dan perlu berhenti daripada membidas kerajaan.
Baginda dikatakan bertitah demikian di hadapan lebih kurang 100 orang di Masjid Sultan Abdul Bakar selepas sembahyang sunat Adilfitri.
“Kalau sudah pencen, pencen sahajalah buat apa nak bising-bising lagi,” kata satu sumber yang mengulangi petikan ini kepada Bernama.
Semasa sambutan ulang tahun ke 60 Umno di Istana Johor pada Mei lepas, baginda Sultan telah meminta Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi dan Dr Mahathir untuk bersama-sama bergambar dengan baginda dan pemimpin lain Umno dalam apa yang dilihat sebagai usaha baginda untuk menyatukan kedua-dua pemimpin itu.
Dr Mahathir sejak setahun yang lepas telah membidas kepimpinan Abdullah berhubung pelbagai isu. Pelbagai usaha telah diambil untuk menjelaskan kedudukan sebenar isu-isu yang dibangkitkan dan juga untuk menyatukan kedua-dua pemimpin itu, termasuk pertemuan empat mata antara Dr Mahathir dan Abdullah pada Ahad lepas, tetapi usaha itu nyata gagal.
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Johor Sultan Tells Dr Mahathir To Act Like A Pensioner
Bernama, October 24, 2006
JOHOR BAHARU, 24 Oct (Bernama) — The Sultan of Johor, Sultan Iskandar al-Marhum Sultan Ismail, was today reported to have publicly said that former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad should start acting like a pensioner and stop criticising the government.
The sultan was said to have make the remarks to about a hundred people at the Sultan Abdul Bakar Mosque here after performing the Adifiltri prayer.
“If one has already been pensioned, just behave like a pensioner, what is the use of making more noise?,” Bernama cited a source as quoting the Sultan as saying recently.
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Johor Sultan: Support Pak Lah
Johor Sultan: Dr M shouldn’t interfere
By NELSON BENJAMIN and MEERA VIJAYAN, The Star, Tuesday October 24, 2006
JOHOR BARU: Johor Sultan Iskandar Ibni Almarhum Sultan Ismail has called on Johoreans to continue supporting the present Government led by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi.
In an impromptu speech in front of about 300 people including VIPs after performing prayers at the Sultan Abu Bakar Mosque at 9am, the Sultan said that both Abdullah and his predecessor Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad were his friends.
However, he said that Dr Mahathir had already retired and should not interfere with the Government.
The speech, which lasted for about five minutes, is the first time a state ruler has come out in public to defend the present administration.
Those present at the prayers included Mentri Besar Datuk Abdul Ghani Othman, exco members, politicians and senior government officials.
Abdullah and Dr Mahathir were among the recipients of Johor’s highest state award – the Darjah Kerabat Johor Yang Amat Dihormati Pangkat Pertama (DK I).
Sources said that the Sultan had been keenly monitoring the developments between the two leaders.
Later, the Sultan hosted a Hari Raya open house at the Istana Besar grounds.
Thousands enjoyed a buffet spread while children joyfully received duit raya and goodie boxes.
Comment by Teddy Gumbang — August 11, 2012 @ 8:46 AM |
MAHATHIR’S ADMISSION OF ANTI-PEOPLE CRIMES SIT HEAVILY ON HIS MIND
Mahathir is well aware of the hate and accusations against him for countless crimes he committed against the peoples of Malaya Sabah and Sarawak.
“I have been accused of apparently bringing them (illegal immigrants) in … We don’t have to do that because they came on their own.”
When he began his time a Malaysian PM many hailed him as a progressive “nationalists”, he had a “plan” he was a republican, he was a nationalist who opposed foreign domination.
All this praise turned out to be proven false.
Mahathir proved that he was the opposite of these perceived qualities. He first and foremost a race bigot who exploited the UMNO Malay supremacist ideology to promote his own cause.
The plight of Sabah submerged by a flood of illegal migrants and doubling its population in the space of some 35 years was and is a direct result of Mahathir’s political and econmic policies. He has openly acknowledged his error and regretted this a t one stage.
Now he lies and denies his error.
Comment by anon — August 11, 2012 @ 8:30 AM |