Many Sabah natives with red IC still ‘stateless’

At wits’ end: Tabias meeting with Baltazar in Kota Kinabalu about his third application for citizenship.

KOTA KINABALU: Tabias Yarun, a native from Sabah’s interior Tenom district, has applied three times for Malaysian citizenship over the past decade.

Like many of the native Lundayehs in Tenom, he holds a red identity card.