Born in Sabah but no free MyKad


John Dismas, 65, is innate as well as bred in Sabah of native-Australian parentage though compartment today he is not the Malaysian.
KUALA PENYU: "Newly-arrived illegal immigrants from the Philippines as well as Indonesia can easily get Malaysian citizenship, though why can't we get it after 65 years?" asks John Dismas, the male who has lived in Sabah all his life.
The 65-year-old who was innate in Kuala Penyu the year after Second World War, finished is nonplussed by his situation. His mom was the Dusun Tatana as well as he speaks the dialect fluently, whilst his father was an Australian infantryman who deserted the family shortly after the war.
He says he has applied for Malaysian citizenship multiform times as well as even went to Putrajaya to take up his box with the applicable authority.
Dismas has never been outward Sabah since birth in 1946 during Kampung Bundu here compartment not long ago when he went to the national capital to get the little answers to his quandary.
His box is in truth confusing since that the law states that all those innate in the cluster of North Borneo prior to it gaining autonomy as well as assisting form Malaysia on Sept 16, 1963, have been automatically deemed Sabahans as well as Malaysians.
According to Dismas, his mom died as well as was buried here when he was usually three as well as his father who was serving in the Allied Army's Ninth Division in Labuan during the Second World War, left them for Australia after the war as well as has never been heard of since.
Dismas, who is married to the internal as well as had 6 young kids (one died recently), is saddened as well as hurt b! y his di agnosis during the hands of the federal supervision for so long.
"I still hold the red MyKad, though demeanour during the illegal immigrants: they come today as well as by next week the little of them already have the blue MyKad, have been being purebred as voters as well as enjoy all the benefits as adults as well as even as Bumiputera. This is outrageous.
"Even our Foreign Minister Anifah Aman was shocked as well as aroused that not long ago unexpected 40,000 young kids were since Malaysian birth certificates as well as MyKads in Semporna alone," he said, referring to Anifah's comment's that was carried prominently in the newspapers.
Frustrated Dismas
Dismas' box was highlighted by the internal State Reform Party (STAR) leader, Alexander Sintin, in his welcoming debate during the launching of STAR's Beaufort division, which consisted of Kuala Penyu as well as Klias state constituencies here recently.
When met by FMT, Dismas was both embarrassed as well as undone as he pulled out his red MyKad as well as talked about his predicament.
"I don't know why we can't get the blue MyKad when we have been living here all my life. Luckily my young kids were since blue MyKads," he said.
"I have left to Putrajaya. we am aged now, though they asked me to produce my parents' matrimony as well as death certificates. Where on earth can we get these documents?" he asked.
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