187. What a shit in 1994 ?

What was anwar doing in the 4 star Hotel in KK just as GE1994 was about to happen?

What were the 150 PCs doing in the hotel out of reach to others? Churning before his eyes, what documents and then used by voters transported by mini buses up and down the West Coast and then the power grab by ILLEGAL AND CRIMINALS of UMNO??

all mired in Project IC mud.....!!!!!



http://www.theborneopost.com/2013/09/20/taskforce-issued-ics-to-immigrants-anwar/

Taskforce issued ICs to immigrants – Anwar

by Nancy Lai. Posted on September 20, 2013, Friday

KOTA KINABALU: Former Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim yesterday claimed that there was a special taskforce dealing with the issuance of Malaysian identity cards and citizenship to immigrants in Sabah.
Anwar, who was the 210th witness to testify in the Royal Commission of Inquiry on the presence of illegal immigrants in Sabah, also claimed that the special taskforce which he described as secretive, haphazard and fraudulent is still operating up to now.
He, however, denied any involvement in the task force as he was never invited to attend any National Security Council meetings that were chaired by the then Prime Minister Tun Mahathir Mohamad to discuss about the special taskforce.
To a question by conducting officer Manoj Kurup if he had heard of ‘Projek IC’ during his tenure as deputy prime minister, the Opposition leader replied, “I have not heard of the Projek IC but I am aware of a special task force dealing with the registration or giving citizenship to foreigners in Sabah,
He claimed that the secretive task force was set up in the early 1970s when Tun Abdul Razak Hussein was prime minister and Tun Datu Mustapha Harun was Sabah chief minister, and it was in response to the influx of Filipino nationals into the state fleeing the southern Philippines insurgency.
When asked how he, as the deputy prime minister then, had not been aware of the issue pertaining to the issuance of Malaysian identity cards to ineligible immigrants, Anwar told the Commission, “It is not right to suggest that anyone was unaware. During my visits to Sabah, I found out that there were some concerned people.”
Anwar repeated that he was never invited to any of the National Security Council meetings to discuss the taskforce and added, “there were no cabinet papers (on the task force). I was the deputy prime minister (but) I was never invited. Had I attended I am sure it would have been minuted.”
“Even when I was acting prime minister for two months, I never saw any reports presented to the cabinet and I never signed any files pertaining to the special task force,” he said and stressed that the secretive group he was referring to was not the Federal Special Task Force that was set up in the 1980s.
He said he believed the secretive task force had never been disbanded and added, “It began under Tun Razak, and continued under Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad, Tun Abdullah Badawi and Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak. But it has to stop somewhere.
“It did not end with Tun Mahathir and I think he should not be singled out, his successors should be questioned as to why this is still going on,” Anwar opined.
“I would disagree to any suggestion that the then prime minister was unaware of this operation. If it involved 5,000 documents, then perhaps yes. But we are talking about hundreds of thousands here,” he added.
To another question on why the federal government had failed to take action to resolve the issue after the numerous complaints from Sabah leaders, Anwar said it was because there was no credible evidence presented at that material time.
It is not like now where political parties in Sabah like UPKO, PBS and SAPP have compiled information such as the names and IC numbers that were said to be obtained fraudulently, he stressed.
Questioned by commission chairman Tan Sri Steve Shim that the RCI had heard of evidence that Sabah’s population had grown unusually during the 1990-1995 period coinciding with Umno’s expansion into the state, Anwar said any political party would do whatever possible within the law to increase its influence.
Anwar, who was Umno vice-president at that time and eventually became its deputy president, said there was never any discussion about a project to issue identity cards to foreigners in Sabah at the Umno Supreme Council meetings.
When asked for his suggestion on how the problem could be solved, Anwar said that any solutions must take into consideration the humanitarian aspect of the situation.
“We have to establish who these people (who obtained Malaysian citizenship through fraudulent means) are… were they really refugees at that time? After that matter is established, we can place them under specific categories,” he said.
To Manoj’s next question on what he thought should be done with the immigrants who had obtained Malaysian identity cards through fraudulent means and have been residing in Sabah for more than three decades, Anwar said that revoking their citizenship would render them stateless and this would be a constitutional problem.
While he agreed that the Government has a right to revoke any dubiously issued identity cards, he stressed that it would not augur well for the country.
Anwar also said that he agreed with the suggestion from Sabahan leaders like Tan Sri Bernard Dompok for all Malaysian identity cards issued in Sabah to be recalled and reissued upon proof of citizenship and that those proven to be illegal immigrants should be deported.
“I agree with the suggestion except for the deportation part because if we revoke their Malaysian citizenship, they will be stateless so where do we deport them to? We should categorize them and issue them with Green or Red identity cards,” he said.
Commissioner Datuk Henry Chin during the hearing also expressed his feeling of surprise that despite being the deputy prime minister at that time, Anwar had been kept in the dark about issues affecting national security.
He asked Anwar why at that time the federal government did not act despite the illegal immigrant issue having been raised by Members of Parliament from Sabah who had provided the House with facts and figures.
“Although it was not discussed in Cabinet, wouldn’t it be a common acceptable practice that if an issue was brought up in Parliament, the Cabinet would discuss it? Would you as the deputy prime minister then, have done something to prevent the spread of the problem in Sabah in the 1990s?’ asked Chin.
Anwar replied, “On security issues, the standard reply from the prime minister was ‘I will deal with that’. As the issue being raised in Parliament, the standard replies from the Home Affairs Ministry would be ‘Yes we are dealing with it’, ‘No, the allegations as to the huge number of illegal immigrants in Sabah were not true.
“As I said there was no credible evidence then… I have never seen documents of this nature at that time where information such as names and IC numbers were compiled together,” he said.
When Shim asked why the issue was never raised in the Cabinet, Anwar said, “Probably the Sabah ministers in the Cabinet then were satisfied with the explanation of the Home Ministry.
Questioned by Sabah Law Association’s representative Datuk John Sikayun as to why, he (Anwar) who was considered to be an ‘elite’ Umno leader then was not in the loop of the so-called operation to issue Malaysian citizenship to immigrants and was that meant that he was not trusted by the party’s top leader, Anwar replied, “I don’t believe that I was not trusted.
“At that time I had a good relationship with Tun Mahathir. Only towards the end of my term in office did a Special Branch Officer submit reports to me which is not according to convention. He did it because he felt Tun Mahathir was disinterested to listen to some of the issues,” he stressed.
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