Don’t repeat Shafie Apdal’s Sabah temporary pass for stateless kids, ex-minister tells Perikatan
Tuesday, 14 Jul 2020 07:41 PM MYTThe former Umno politician reminded the federal government that Sabahans had turned against Chief Minister Datuk Seri Mohd Shafie Apdal during the Kimanis by-election earlier this year when the latter tried to introduce the Pas Sementara Sabah. ― Picture by Hari Anggara
The former Umno politician reminded the federal government that Sabahans had turned against Chief Minister Datuk Seri Mohd Shafie Apdal during the Kimanis by-election earlier this year when the latter tried to introduce the Pas Sementara Sabah , a temporary identification pass, as a solution to stateless people in the state.
Home Minister Datuk Seri Hamzah Zainuddin had been asked about the backgrounds of these stateless children such as whether or not they were born from undocumented immigrants amid questions on conferring them Malaysian citizenship.
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