In what it claims to be further evidence that the amnesty programme
is being used to create “phantom voters”, PKR said today illegal migrants who go
through the programme are made to take an oath of allegiance to BN and Umno. PKR Wanita chief Zuraida Kamaruddin said representatives of the women's wing had “sneaked
into the syndicates running the amnesty programme” and found the “script” of the
oath.
“(We) found that the illegal migrants were made to take an oath to support Umno and BN to be part of the amnesty programme. (We) managed to get the script to expose this fact to the public,” she told a press conference today. The copy of the script, said to have been taken from an amnesty agency in Selangor, made available to the press shows an oath typed out in Bahasa Malaysia.
It states that the person taking the oath swears to support and vote for Umno and BN, as would their husbands, wives and children. “I will also continue to defend Islam and Malays. My family and I promise to keep this matter secret, or face the consequences,” it said.
The source of the document could not be independently verified, and when asked about the veracity of the document, Zuraida only said it “is real” because “(PKR) went in there and took part as one of (the migrants)”. “There are also migrants who understand our federal constitution, know what is right and wrong and want to expose the truth,” she said.
Zuraida, who is also Ampang MP, said PKR had spoken to about 10 witness who could testify that they were made to take the oath, but the party was “trying to compile more evidence before we bring them to the fore”.
“We will reveal more concrete evidence. We had revealed it before, the use of Umno letterheads for citizenship, etc, but no action was taken so this is the result of our further investigation,” she said.She also called on the government to halt the amnesty programme immediately pending a “high level investigation” into the matter as it involved the nation's sovereignty. “The important thing is for Malaysians to know how dirty and disgusting (jijik) BN and Umno are so they can make a choice,” she said.
“(We) found that the illegal migrants were made to take an oath to support Umno and BN to be part of the amnesty programme. (We) managed to get the script to expose this fact to the public,” she told a press conference today. The copy of the script, said to have been taken from an amnesty agency in Selangor, made available to the press shows an oath typed out in Bahasa Malaysia.
It states that the person taking the oath swears to support and vote for Umno and BN, as would their husbands, wives and children. “I will also continue to defend Islam and Malays. My family and I promise to keep this matter secret, or face the consequences,” it said.
The source of the document could not be independently verified, and when asked about the veracity of the document, Zuraida only said it “is real” because “(PKR) went in there and took part as one of (the migrants)”. “There are also migrants who understand our federal constitution, know what is right and wrong and want to expose the truth,” she said.
Zuraida, who is also Ampang MP, said PKR had spoken to about 10 witness who could testify that they were made to take the oath, but the party was “trying to compile more evidence before we bring them to the fore”.
“We will reveal more concrete evidence. We had revealed it before, the use of Umno letterheads for citizenship, etc, but no action was taken so this is the result of our further investigation,” she said.She also called on the government to halt the amnesty programme immediately pending a “high level investigation” into the matter as it involved the nation's sovereignty. “The important thing is for Malaysians to know how dirty and disgusting (jijik) BN and Umno are so they can make a choice,” she said.
Source : http://www.malaysiakini.com/news/173151
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