176. Letter to Editors

Letter to the Editors – Let the guilty ones come forward to be witnesses.

According to Wikipedia –“Royal Commissions usually involve research into an issue, consultations with experts both within and outside of government and public consultations as well. The Warrant may grant immense investigatory powers, including summoning witnesses under oath, offering of indemnities, seizing of documents and other evidence (sometimes including those normally protected, such as classified information), holding hearings in camera if necessary and—in a few cases—compelling all government officials to aid in the execution of the Commission.

A Royal Commissioner has considerable powers, generally greater even than those of a judge but restricted to the Terms of Reference of the Commission.”

I had wanted to set up a watchdog group known as Royal Commission of Inquiry Coalition or RCIC and yet little response from the public just prior to the sitting of the Royal Commission of Inquiry on Illegal Immigrants of Sabah [RCIIIS] in January, 2013.  RCIC could be the united Voice like what S. Karim wrote in Daily Express of 25^th August, 2013 titled “How will panel know lies from facts?” where some allegations could be unfounded.

I also do not know if my comments here can be subjudice as the RCIIIS can be more powerful than a Judge and the RCI is further empowered by an act of Parliament with wide powers especially those who fail to attend on a subpoena.

Reading some of the strong statements by S. Karim, I would like to hear from the RCIIIS what action would be taken by the RCI on those statements.

I think RCIIIS knows what to do for the Inquiry and we should leave it to them to do so accordingly with whatever materials published or unpublished as sources of references.

What I hope now is that I would be called to be a volunteer witness after giving my Statement to them in November, 2012 and submitting an Affidavit of 31 pages assisting the RCIIIS in whatever possible as the author of  EPIC OF SABAH in three editions with the first edition done in July, 2002. 

I also hope that RCIIIS would call more of the key figures as witnesses who had been implicated in the commission of the Project IC for more than three decades resulting in 1 to 2 millions of such holders in Sabah and beyond.  This RCI should be expanded to the whole nation.

Finally, what is more important is that a comprehensive Reports would be published as soon as possible and that the authorities would implement those measures including charging those who mislead the RCIIIS and those who were parties to the commission of Project IC.  We need clear and effective solutions and not hindrances to execute the Report of the RCIIIS to solve the crisis of the exploding and explosive population of Sabah and beyond once and for all albeit belatedly for decades.

Joshua Y. C. Kong   28^th August, 2013   6013-8394513