Illegal Immigrant Who Became A Voter In Sabah

                 

Had an interesting email from one Razak from Sandakan. He asked me to show just one shred of evidence where illegal immigrants in Sabah had voted in elections and he challenge me to blog on this, if I had any, or else I should just shut up!  

In his email Razak also says that ”all the stories about illegals getting Malaysian Identity Cards and they vote in our elections is all pure rubbish, inuendos and figment of your imagination to help the opposition forces to discredit the Federal Government. Show me proof Mr Selva. If you are unable to publicly produce hard and convincing evidence that backs the outrageous charges you said to your readers across the nation, I ask you publicly retract the story. The most basic journalistic ethics would demand as much.”

Thank you Razak for the interest and for creating the spark in me to respond to your time taken email in respect to my 2 articles  When Will Philippines Drop The Sabah Claim? and Malaysia Pays RM5300 Annual Rental For Sabah to The Sultanate of Sulu .

Have a number of cases to show you Razak but let me just start with the case of a Bugis  fellow.

I know of a 24 year old Bugis construction labourer from Sulawasi, Indonesia, who was sentenced to 12 months jail by the Magistrate’s Court in Kota Kinabalu.

This Bugis fellow by the name of Sahar bin Abdul Rahman was further ordered by the Magistrate Steve Ritikos to be deported to Indonesia after completion of his prison term. Steve Ritikos also ordered the Identity Card to be destroyed by the Immigration Department under the presence of the Magistrate Registrar.

The prosecutor for this case, a friend of mine, was Chief Inspector Cedric Choo, and according to him Sahar bin Abdul Rahman was arrested on February 6 at 8.36 am for possession of a forged identity card and was refer-ed to the Immigration Department.

The investigation revealed that Sahar bin Abdul Rahman was nabbed and detained by the Immigration Department Office in Wisma Dang Bandung, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, when Sahar went to the Immigration Department on the pretext of renewing his identity card.

During the interview with the Immigration Officer in charge, Sahar bin Abdul Rahman produced his identity card bearing the number H0514705 which was suspected to be a fake Malaysian blue identity card.

The identity card was then refered to the State Registration Department and they confirmed that the IC to be forge.

The Identity Card was then checked with the Election Commission’s Voting List. On Daftar Pemilih “A”, Page 57, Daerah – Mengundi : 165/48/91 – Sin On,  Locality : 1654801001 – Sin On Road, there are 50 names listed in this page and the numbers run from 2901 to 2950. Number 2913 - IC  H0514750 Lelaki Sahar bin Abdul Rahman.

And finally Mr Razak from Sandakan, if you don’t know the answer to a question, have the courage to admit it. This is the first step to true knowledge.

Digest Razak and love to hear from you again.