UMNO leaders should stop blaming the Opposition for their failed “state of affairs” in Sabah.
The Sabah problem has more to do than what meets the eye – beyond the Lahad Datu incursion, reported to be by more than 200 militants claiming to be the Army of the Sulu Sultanate. In fact, no one truly knows the exact number of those involved in this invasion or uprising.
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Sabah has the highest population of immigrants, including illegal
immigrants, as compared to other states in Malaysia. This has been a
long-standing issue and has now become a grave problem to the state.
According to the Population and Housing Census Report for 2010 of the
Economic Planning Unit about 27 per cent of Sabah's population are
foreigners.
And thousands of them have been given “instant” ICs and absorbed as citizens and UMNO members.
Face the consequence of UMNO’s political ruse
To most rightful citizens of Sabah they had sensed that it was a matter of time when these illegal immigrants in Sabah would rise up and fight the Malaysian government. It seems like this insight of theirs has now come true. As the proverb that goes back to Chaucer's 'Parson's Tale' says, the chickens have come back to roost.
The country now has to face the consequences of UMNO’s political ruse in the past and present.
This is only the start of the evil hex cast by former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad with his Project IC in Sabah and he is still around to see the consequences of his greed for power. Disconcerting the natural balance of population of Sabah by giving instant ICs to foreigners through deceitful means is an act of treason and those involved in this manoeuvre cannot be exculpated.
Project IC was conceived by Mahathir and his associates as stratagem to rework the demographics of Sabah and topple the then opposition PBS government in 1994, but little did they realise that this ruse would spur the Sulu Sultanate's territorial claims over Sabah.
But surprisingly Mahathir is still being touted as “Negarawan Ulung” by many bootlicking UMNO leaders of today.
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The Sabah problem has more to do than what meets the eye – beyond the Lahad Datu incursion, reported to be by more than 200 militants claiming to be the Army of the Sulu Sultanate. In fact, no one truly knows the exact number of those involved in this invasion or uprising.
Sabah has the highest population of immigrants, including illegal
immigrants, as compared to other states in Malaysia. This has been a
long-standing issue and has now become a grave problem to the state.
According to the Population and Housing Census Report for 2010 of the
Economic Planning Unit about 27 per cent of Sabah's population are
foreigners.And thousands of them have been given “instant” ICs and absorbed as citizens and UMNO members.
Face the consequence of UMNO’s political ruse
To most rightful citizens of Sabah they had sensed that it was a matter of time when these illegal immigrants in Sabah would rise up and fight the Malaysian government. It seems like this insight of theirs has now come true. As the proverb that goes back to Chaucer's 'Parson's Tale' says, the chickens have come back to roost.
The country now has to face the consequences of UMNO’s political ruse in the past and present.
This is only the start of the evil hex cast by former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad with his Project IC in Sabah and he is still around to see the consequences of his greed for power. Disconcerting the natural balance of population of Sabah by giving instant ICs to foreigners through deceitful means is an act of treason and those involved in this manoeuvre cannot be exculpated.
Project IC was conceived by Mahathir and his associates as stratagem to rework the demographics of Sabah and topple the then opposition PBS government in 1994, but little did they realise that this ruse would spur the Sulu Sultanate's territorial claims over Sabah.
But surprisingly Mahathir is still being touted as “Negarawan Ulung” by many bootlicking UMNO leaders of today.