Media statement by Dr. Hiew King Cheu in Kota Kinabalu on Wednesday, 13^th June 2012:

RCI only for Sabah

The RCI (Royal Commission of Inquiry) will probe into the various issues arising in Sabah only. This is concerning the immigrants irrespective whether they are illegals or not, and also its function shall include the implication and impact on our electoral system caused by them.

This was announced by the Minister to the Prime Minister Department Dato Seri Mohamed Nazri B Abdul Aziz in Parliament. At the moment, the department is still working on the "term of reference" to put the RCI to function. He said this shall be focusing on Sabah only and the other states are not included in this RCI exercise.

Judging on this, many people said that the BN government is totally not sincere in dealing with the matter. There are many more such illegal immigrants in other states in Malaysia, particularly in Selangor. Why they did not want to carry it out in Selangor?

Is it so difficult to draw up the term of reference for the RCI? Are they delaying to let the commission to get down to start work in Sabah? Why the members of the committee until today are not identified, appointed and made known?

From these, we can easily tell that the BN government is not having the full intention to get the RCI to be enforced but merely applying a delay tactic, may be they will only implement it after the general election.

On the impact of these dubious illegals on our election system, it is quite alarming, and there are plenty of examples to confirm that these people did became voters and voted. The famous Likas election court case also showed evidence that dubious voters did voted.

It will be general election soon, it looks as if the BN is counting on not to get on with the RCI now , and because these votes are more important to them to secure a win. The people had voiced out that the RCI should be immediately put to work without further delay and no more excuses, and this should cover the whole country.

The people will have to put their votes together, not to split their votes, then we can counter these dubious voters and we can defeat the BN. It is PR Vs BN!

* Dr Hiew King Cheu, MP for Kota Kinabalu