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Population rise a result of marriages between foreigners and Sabahans – officer

by Nancy Lai. Posted on May 23, 2013, Thursday

KOTA KINABALU: From 2000 to October last year, a total of 19,781 foreigners had their marriages to Sabahans registered with the Sabah Islamic Affairs Council (JHEAINS), according to its chief assistant director Baharuddin Alwi.

Of the total, 10,922 were foreign women of various nationalities and most of them were Indonesians and Filipinas, he said.

The remaining 8,859 were foreign men who wed Sabahan women, Baharuddin told the Royal Commission of Inquiry on the presence of illegal immigrants in Sabah.

Baharuddin disclosed that in 2000, 222 foreign women married Sabahan men and the figure increased to 312 in 2001. In 2002 it was 450, 385 (2003), 640 (2004), 824 (2005), 403 (2006), 1,109 (2007), 1,539 (2008), 1,138 (2009), 1,165 (2010), 1,433 (2011) and 1,302 (from January to October 2012).

In the case of foreign men marrying Sabahan women, JHEAINS records shows 177 (2000), 222 (2001), 384 (2002), 374 (2003), 405 (2004), 582 (2005), 278 (2006), 789 (2007), 1,092 (2008), 885 (2009), 1,124 (2010), 1,304 (2011) and 1,243 (January to October 2012).

He said foreigners who wanted to marry locals must produce valid identification and travel documents to JHEAINS if they wanted to have their marriages registered.

Muslims under the age of 18 who wanted to marry must first obtain the approval from the Syariah Court, Baharuddin said, adding that there were applications for 13 and 14-year-olds to be married.

“A work pass however is not acceptable as proof of identification, he said, adding that JHEAINS would accept a valid IMM13, visit pass, professionals’ passports and the JKM census certificate but the latter must be verified by the department.

Baharuddin was responding to question from Conducting Officer Datuk Azmi Ariffin.

Asked by Commission Tan Sri Steve Shim as to what he wanted to show the panel by calling Baharuddin to give his statement, Azmi said: “To show that the population increase in Sabah was a result of marriages between foreigners and Sabahans.”