The Royal Commission of Inquiry on illegal immigrants in
Sabah yesterday heard a deposition that Chief Minister Datuk Seri Musa
Aman has denied all allegations linking him to Project IC made by a
witness in its proceeding last week.
Former State Attorney
General, Datuk Anthony Roderick Fernandez, appeared before the
commission and informed the five-men panel that he was representing Musa
to file an application for notes of proceeding pertaining to the
allegation.
“A witness, Dr Chong Eng Leong, has made some serious
allegations against the Chief Minister. I would like for it to be noted
that my client denies every allegation on his involvement in Project
IC,” he said.
Fernandez also told the Commission that Musa will
decide on his next course of action after reading the extract and may
elect to appear before the panel to give his own testimony.
Dr
Chong, a former senator and state assemblyman, testified last week that
Musa had led a Sabah Umno task force to find foreigners to be registered
as party members to vote for Barisan Nasional. He claimed to have
received this information from one Jabar Khan, who was the secretary of
the said task force formed in 1991.
Commission chairman Tan Sri
Steve Shim, granted Fernandez’s application, saying the extract on the
notes of proceeding will be given to be examined by the Chief Minister.
Meanwhile,
conducting officer, Manoj Kurup, informed the panel that Dr Chong has
made a request following his testimony last week to have a bundle of
supporting documents submitted as evidence and examined by the
Commission.
“We have looked through the bundles and decided that
two of them, which contain a collection of newspaper cuttings and
exhibits from the Likas election petition, were relevant and shall be
marked as exhibits for this Inquiry,” said Manoj.
The Commission resumed its proceedings with three more witnesses called to testify yesterday, bringing the total to 192 so far.
At
least six more witnesses are expected to be called in the next two
days, including Melalap assemblyman cum Rural Development Minister Datuk
Radin Malleh.
Source: Borneo Post
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