ID is humane and makes business sense, say Sabah groups

KOTA KINABALU: The decision to issue special identity cards to undocumented foreigners in the state is humane and could be beneficial to Sabah, says a business group head.Kota Kinabalu Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry president Datuk Michael Lui said all else aside, these people – documented or not – needed jobs, education and healthcare.

He said if undocumented people who had been living in Sabah for generations and their children were given some form of identification (not amounting to citizenship), it would solve a number of social and economic problems.