Kerajaan negeri berhak halang Nurul Izzah masuki Sarawak

December 8, 2015 

KUCHING: Kerajaan negeri mempunyai sebab menghalang Naib Presiden Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) Nurul Izzah Anwar memasuki Sarawak.

Ahli Majlis Tertinggi Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB) Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah berkata Sarawak mempunyai kuasa untuk menyekat kemasukan Ahli Parlimen Lembah Pantai itu ke negeri ini memandang hak imigresen adalah hak negeri.

“Nurul telah dilihat membuat ‘hubungan’ dengan anak Kiram, juga menjadi jurucakap penjenayah yang telah menyerang Lahad Datu Sabah kira-kira dua tahun lalu (2013).

“Mungkin Nurul, Dr Xavier Jayakumar (naib presiden PKR) atau PKR menganggap ia (serangan Lahad Datu) perkara remeh tetapi kedaulatan negara telah diancam oleh kumpulan Kiram ini,” ujarnya ketika dihubungi semalam.

Karim yang juga Menteri Muda Pembangunan Belia berkata sebagai Ahli Parlimen dan warganegara Malaysia, Nurul harus tahu tindakannya itu adalah salah.

“Nurul telah mengangkat sumpah taat setia kepada Malaysia apabila menjadi Ahli Parlimen, sepatutnya tahu bahawa ‘berhubung’ dengan musuh negara adalah perkara yang salah.

“Selagi beliau (Nurul) tidak menjelaskan kedudukannya kepada negeri Sarawak, saya menyokong tindakan kerajaan negeri menegahnya memasuki Sarawak” tegasnya.

Karim: Take steps to strengthen border security

April 29, 2015

SIBU: Steps have to be taken to further strengthen security at the border if it is true that Sarawak’s northern border is very porous in order to prevent bad hats from exploiting the loopholes.

It was reported on April 26 that a resident of Ba Kelalan, Tadam Arun, had claimed that a tar-sealed road to Long Bawan built two years ago, had opened the floodgates for smuggled goods to flow across the border.

He further claimed that the new road was also a boon for car thieves as they could now drive the stolen vehicles across the border.

According to Tadam, smuggling activities though rampant in the past were in small quantities, but with the good road, stolen vehicles of all makes and brands, subsidised Malaysian goods including petrol, sugar, cooking oil, and even drugs could all be found there.

Tadam also claimed of the lax control at the checkpoint being the reason smuggled goods and stolen vehicles could cross the border with ease.

“If it is true that Sarawak’s northern border with Kalimantan Indonesia is very porous, this is something for the relevant agencies to look into.

“I find the report of smuggling and lack of security as alarming as this could lead to bad hats using it for human trafficking and smuggling,” said Assistant Minister of Social Development (Youth) Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah.