Official investigation: According to the writer, the Royal Commission of Inquiry report on illegal immigrants in Sabah, released in 2014, confirmed that thousands of foreigners were systematically granted citizenship in the 1980s and 1990s. – NORMIMIE DIUN/The Star
HOW do you sift ‘Ori’ (original) Sabahans from ‘Photocopy’ (fake) Sabahans?
At a conservative estimate, there are more than half a million people in Sabah with allegedly dubious citizenship. To sift them, some Sabahan assemblymen believe that the state needs a Sabah IC.
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