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| Abdullah (center) with his friends after making the police report. |
A local man has made a police report stating
that he believes two ethnic Chinese brothers who are traders are in possession
of a dubious native certificate that was allegedly used to obtain benefits like
bumiputeras, including thousands of acres of land in Kinabatangan.
Abdullah Japar, 55, of Kampung Suan Lamba, who was
accompanied by a group of friends when making the report at the police station
here on Thursday, said the brothers are believed to have claimed they were Sino
Kadazan when obtaining the native certificate endorsed by Kota Kinabalu Native
Court on September 5, 1979.
He claimed that the father of the brothers is a Chinese
born in Singapore based on his citizen certificate and a copy of his
citizenship application form as confirmed by the National Registration
Department in Sabah. Abdullah said the father of the siblings applied for
Malaysian citizenship in Lahad Datu on December 12, 1966 and the brothers were
born in Lahad Datu on February 22, 1958 and July 12 1960.
“According to the birth certificate issued by the
department on April 5, 2007, the brothers and their parents are Chinese and
have no blood connection with the locals,” he said. “Now the brothers are rich because their birth
certificate allows them to own land in places, including Kinabatangan,” he
added.
Abdullah said he was encouraged to lodge the police
report after the government announced its decision recently to revoke the Sri
Tanjung assemblyman Jimmy Wong’s Native Certificate. He said he agrees with Sukau assemblyman Datuk Saddi Haji
Abdul Rahman’s call to investigate birth certificates of questionable validity.
31 Mac 2012 TheBorneoPost Online