KUALA LUMPUR: The government has implemented several recommendations of the Royal Commission Inquiry on illegal immigrants in Sabah, said Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi. He said the main committee was jointly chaired by him and Sabah Chief Minister Tan Sri Musa Aman while Sabah Deputy Chief Minister Tan Sri Joseph Pairin Kitingan chairs the technical committee. He said, since the establishment of the committee, more deportations of illegal immigrants from Sabah had been enforced. “We have collaborated with the Philippine government to deport illegal immigrants to their home country. “We used to have ISA (Internal Security Act) and when it was in force, a lot of syndicate members were arrested under the act (for supplying fake documents to immigrants).

Source: New Strait Times November 08, 2017 11:48 UTC