Nasir Yusof, yang dilahirkan di Tamil Nadu, India, memberi keterangan
beliau menerima kad pengenalan biru dari pejabat JPN di Kota Marudu,
Kudat pada 1988, selepas lima tahun tiba di Sabah.
Peserta protes IC merah dihalang masuk JPN...
Satu kekecohan berlaku di Jabatan Pendaftaran Negara (JPN) Pulau Pinang
apabila polis cuba menghalang peserta protes yang memegang kad
pengenalan (IC) merah daripada memasuki premis tersebut.
Kira-kira 30 pemegang IC merah dan keluarga mereka serta beberapa ADUN Pakatan Rakyat sebelum itu berkumpul di Jalan Larut pagi ini sebelum berarak ke pejabat JPN di Anson Road.
Kumpulan itu, yang diketuai Naib Presiden PKR, N Surendran, termasuk warga emas dan kanak-kanak yang gagal mendapatkan IC biru dari JPN.
Apabila mereka tiba di destinasi tersebut, kekecohan berlaku apabila polis cuba menghalang mereka memasuki pejabat JPN itu.
"Ini menyalahi undang-undang," kata Surendran.
Satu peserta protes itu menjerit "polis sabotaj kita!"
Ancaman ditangkap
Latheefa Koya dari Peguam NGO for Liberty berkata polis telah mengancam untuk menangkap mereka.
Mereka disertai ramai penyokong dan wakil rakyat Pakatan Rakyat seperti Sim Tze Tzin (Pantai Jerejak), Jason Ong (Kebun Bunga), dan Ng Wei Aik (Komtar).
Terdapat juga beberapa individu dengan IC hijau menyertai perhimpunan tersebut.
Selepas pemimpin Pakatan berunding dengan pihak polis, kumpulan itu dibenarkan memasuki ke bangunan tersebut.
Mereka duduk di lobi dan menunggu untuk tindakan selanjutnya dari JPN.
Terdahulu, perarakan sejauhj 100 meter tidak mengganggu aliran trafik kerana polis dan anggota unit rondaan sukarela membantu mengawal lalulintas.
Mereka membawa sepanduk dengan slogan 'duduk' dan 'bantah' serta melaungkan "Hidup rakyat".-malaysiakini
Kira-kira 30 pemegang IC merah dan keluarga mereka serta beberapa ADUN Pakatan Rakyat sebelum itu berkumpul di Jalan Larut pagi ini sebelum berarak ke pejabat JPN di Anson Road.
Kumpulan itu, yang diketuai Naib Presiden PKR, N Surendran, termasuk warga emas dan kanak-kanak yang gagal mendapatkan IC biru dari JPN.Apabila mereka tiba di destinasi tersebut, kekecohan berlaku apabila polis cuba menghalang mereka memasuki pejabat JPN itu.
"Ini menyalahi undang-undang," kata Surendran.
Satu peserta protes itu menjerit "polis sabotaj kita!"
Ancaman ditangkap
Latheefa Koya dari Peguam NGO for Liberty berkata polis telah mengancam untuk menangkap mereka.
Mereka disertai ramai penyokong dan wakil rakyat Pakatan Rakyat seperti Sim Tze Tzin (Pantai Jerejak), Jason Ong (Kebun Bunga), dan Ng Wei Aik (Komtar).
Terdapat juga beberapa individu dengan IC hijau menyertai perhimpunan tersebut.Selepas pemimpin Pakatan berunding dengan pihak polis, kumpulan itu dibenarkan memasuki ke bangunan tersebut.
Mereka duduk di lobi dan menunggu untuk tindakan selanjutnya dari JPN.
Terdahulu, perarakan sejauhj 100 meter tidak mengganggu aliran trafik kerana polis dan anggota unit rondaan sukarela membantu mengawal lalulintas.
Mereka membawa sepanduk dengan slogan 'duduk' dan 'bantah' serta melaungkan "Hidup rakyat".-malaysiakini
Commotion erupts at Penang stateless protest...
A commotion erupted at the Penang National Registration Department
(NRD) when police tried to prevent protesters holding red identity cards
(IC) from entering the premises.About 30 red IC holders, their families and several assemblypersons from Pakatan Rakyat gathered at Larut Road earlier in the morning before marching to the NRD office on Anson Road.
The group, led by PKR vice-president N Surendran, included senior citizens and children who were not issued blue ICs by the NRD.
When they arrived at their destination, a commotion erupted when the police tried to prevent them from entering the building.
"This is unlawful and illegal," said Surendran.
One protester, shouted "the police are sabotaging us!"
Latheefa Koya of the NGO Lawyers for Liberty said the police had threatened to arrest them.
They were accompanied by many supporters and Pakatan state assemblypersons, including Sim Tze Tzin (Pantai Jerejak), Jason Ong (Kebun Bunga), and Ng Wei Aik (Komtar).
There were also several individuals with green ICs who joined the rally.
Access eventually granted
After the Pakatan leaders had negotiated with the police, the group was allowed to enter the building.
They sat down at the lobby and waited for further action from the NRD.
Earlier, the 100-metre procession did not disrupt traffic flow as police and the state's volunteer patrol unit managed traffic and guided the marchers.
They carried banners with the slogan ‘duduk' and ‘bantah' and chanted "hidup rakyat".Before the walk, Surendran (right) said the group wanted the NRD to process their applications immediately.
"They are ordinary citizens. Why are they denied their blue ICs?" he asked.
The event was prompted by the many complaints PKR state offices received from stateless people, including those with red ICs.
The protesters were also incensed by the revelations at the ongoing Royal Commission of Inquiry on illegal immigrants in Sabah, which revealed that foreigners - Indonesians, Filipinos and Pakistanis - had obtained ‘instant' citizenships.
This is in stark contrast to many born and bred in Malaysia, whose citizenship applications have taken many years to process, and many not approved.-malaysiakini
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