State Cabinet must consider introducing identity cards for Sabahans, says Yong

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KOTA KINABALU: Sabah Cabinet must seriously consider enacting a Sabah identity card (Sabah IC) law to protect the interest of Sabahans, says backbencher Datuk Seri Yong Teck Lee.

He said that such a card could be a measure to prevent foreigners who had obtained dubious citizenship from enjoying state benefits meant for the locals.

"These foreigners who came to Sabah obtained MyKads by claiming to be born in Sabah and became Sabahans," he said when reading out a case from the RCI report where the foreigners themselves testified to it. But these people cannot be considered as Sabahans," he said during his debate on Yang DiPertua Negeri's policy speech.

"I hope the Sabah Cabinet will seriously consider it," he said, adding that he was saddened that the state assembly speaker Datuk Kadzim Yahya had rejected his special motion to discuss Sabah IC at the assembly.

 

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