PETALING JAYA: A dramatic spike in the population of Sabah by 301% in three decades was a major concern of witnesses, according to the Royal Commission of Inquiry (RCI) on immigrants.
The report noted that Parti Bersatu Sabah (PBS) submitted a memorandum to then Prime Minister Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, about the huge rise in population from 1970 to 2000 in Sabah.
