‘Probe red and green ICs on electoral roll’
DAP election strategist Ong Kian Ming has urged the Election
Commission (EC) to investigate the existence of old red and green
identity card numbers in the electoral roll.
While acknowledging that the holders of these old identity card (IC)
numbers may have since gained citizenship, Ong pointed out the fact that
they were found in constituencies with large numbers of IC numbers
deemed “problematic” by the National Registration Department (NRD) was a
cause for concern.
“When
we investigated the latest electoral roll of the fourth quarter of
2012, we found that there were 7,029 voters with old identity card
numbers belonging to the red IC range and 446 voters with old IC numbers
belonging to the green IC range.
“This means that there could potentially be 7,475 people who are
non-Malaysian residents and not eligible to register to vote but who
have been put on the electoral roll,” Ong (
left) said.
His checked the electoral roll for old red identity card numbers from
H6000000 to H6040000 and old green identity card numbers H8000000 to
H8040000, which were provided by Sabah and Sarawak NRD IC division chief
Ruslan Alias during the royal commission of inquiry on illegal
immigrants in Sabah.
“As such, we call upon the NRD and the EC to conduct an immediate
joint investigation into these 7,475 ‘red’ and ‘green’ voters to verify
that these registered voters who were once – or perhaps still are –
non-Malaysian permanent and temporary residents have been granted
citizenship through the proper procedures and are thus eligible to
remain on the electoral roll,” he said.
Malaysian citizens are issued blue identity cards (now called MyKad),
permanent residents get red cards (MyPR) while temporary residents get
green identity cards (MyKas).
’60,000 dubious voters’
On Tuesday, Ong, who is also the Malaysian Electoral Roll Analysis
Project (Merap) director, said 60,653 of the 130,459 old identity card
numbers deemed “problematic” by the NRD were still in the electoral
roll.
He
said the bulk of these voters were in parliamentary constituencies in
the east coast of Sabah, the top five being Silam, Kalabakan, Tawau,
Semporna and Libaran.
Ong said a similar pattern was found during Merap’s investigation
into the red and green old IC numbers in Sabah that were provided by
NRD.
“Not surprisingly, the seats with the highest number and percentage
of these ‘red’ and ‘green’ voters are also the seats with the highest
numbers and percentages of problematic old ICs.
“In fact, the top three seats for ‘red’ and ‘green’ voters and for
the “problematic” ICs are the same – namely P188 Silam, P190 Tawau and
P191 Kalabakan,” Ong said.
These three seats collectively hold more than half or 52.6 percent of
the ‘red’ and ‘green’ voters ,with a breakdown of 1,704 or 22.8 percent
for Kalabakan, 1,326 or 17.7 percent for Tawau and 903 or 12.1 percent
for Silam.
Ong said it was also found that 20 of such voters, 19 of them ‘red’
IC holders and one a ‘green’ IC holder were located in Kampung Tanjung
Labian, which is the site where security forces are battling Sulu
invaders.
These voters, he added, were found to have received their citizenship
through dubious means and should be removed from the electoral roll in
the interest of a fair election in Sabah.
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“It
is just a suggestion by the parties, but I feel it is difficult to be
implemented … (because) there are legal implications,” he said today.
“If they are here illegally, we will refer the matter to the Immigration Department,” he said.
“Our
check this morning with the Election Commission (EC) website showed
that the record registered under (the police IC) has been deleted as
shown in our screen capture (top photo),” said Rafizi in a statement today.
“This
proves that Wan Muhammad Azri Wan Deris @ Papagomo is the same (in both
voter records) and had been registered as a phantom voter. That is why
the record has now been deleted from the postal voter list,” he said.
“His explanation that the EC is not informed of security personnel who leave the force cannot be accepted.
“Commenting
on the Sabah RCI, I can tell you, will not influence the adjudicators.
They are experienced people; the former chief justice (of Sabah and
Sarawak Steve Shin) is sitting,” she said at a press conference today.
“It
is unacceptable that he is telling us that they can do nothing about
the electoral roll until the RCI is over as if they did not know about
(the irregularities in the electoral roll) and needed the RCI to make a
decision on the electoral roll,” she said.
As he elaborated on the matter, his voice grew louder and he began slamming his fist on the table, his face contorted in anger.
“If
the police are no good, tell me how to improve. If you have money, give
the money so I can buy more weapons and cars, not say this and that.
Sabah-based newspaper Daily Express quoted Salleh claimingthat
police were destroying identity cards and work permits of the Suluk
community in Lahad Datu and Semporna, following the clash between
security forces and Filipino Sulu intruders.
Hassnar (left) said
he was at a “secret meeting” in the 1980s, at which then Deputy Home
Minister Megat Junid Megat Ayub had “openly admitted Mahathir’s
involvement”.
Hassnar
recounted that, on his first full day as the Sandakan district officer
in 1982 – a post that he took upon the insistence of then Sabah chief
Minister Harris Salleh(right) - he was instructed to sign 500 citizenship registration forms that did not have the particulars of the applicants.
“We
were told to take to the streets and demonstrate. Mahathir had
apparently said that it was okay even if one or two casualties
occurred,” Hassnar claimed.
Berita Harian today
quoted him as saying that all quarters should refrain from involving
themselves in “trial by media” whether through printed or electronic
media.
Public hearings began on Jan 21 and thus far, 62 witnesses have testified, with many more scheduled to testify.