Kota Kinabalu: Tied to the longstanding issue of illegal immigrants in Sabah is that of squatter settlements that the majority of them reside in.
Datuk Seri Hajiji Noor said efforts would continue involving Esscom, Immigration, army and police to demolish squatter settlements that posed a risk to State security, especially those at sea that could serve as staging posts for cross border criminals.However, these inhabitants often encroach other areas in return, in an endless cat-and-mouse game with the authorities.
“When we keep them in the detention centres, we will be spending millions of Ringgit per month for their meals until deportation.“There are many problems…but no matter what we continue with our policy that the slums have to be demolished, including those occupied by locals like on Pulau Gaya.” “This could help the local squatters among them to have houses once their squatter homes are bulldozed,” he said.
Esscom put the number of squatter settlements statewide at a whopping 543 – making Sabah perhaps the state with the record number of illegals as well as illegal settlements.
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