G17 ringleader: I acted on my own
Former
Sabah National Registration Department (NRD) chief Abdul Rauf Sani has admitted
leading a team that processed identity cards for unqualified immigrants.
However,
Abdul Rauf said, the team was working alone and did not take orders from
political masters.
“I
did it on my own. I am a government servant, if this was an instruction (from
higher ups), it will be in written form,” he said.
Abdul
Rauf said this in his testimony before the royal commission of inquiry (RCI) on
Sabah’s illegal immigrants problem.
He
confirmed that he and his men operated from the residence of former prime
minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s political secretary Abdul Aziz Shamsuddin in
Kuala Lumpur.
However,
Abdul Rauf insisted that Abdul Aziz had no role in the operation.
“Everyone
knew him as the political secretary, but we did not implement what he said.
Public servants don’t take orders from a political secretary,” he said.
The
RCI conducting officers, who are representatives of the Attorney-General’s
Chambers, did not ask him to disclose why they were operating out of Abdul
Aziz’s home.
Yesterday,
former Tamparuli district NRD chief Yakup Damsah, who was part of a so-called G17
unit based in the Sabah NRD headquarters in Kota Kinabalu, had revealed
that they had an operation out of Abdul Aziz’s house, where they signed
identity cards meant for to immigrants.
When
contacted yesterday, Abdul Aziz said he did not remember such events.
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