by Michael Kaung | April 27, 2011 |Free Malaysia Today
Extraordinary increase could spell disaster for the ruling government as opposition could exploit the issue in the coming general election
KOTA KINABALU: The extraordinary increase in Sabah’s population could spell disaster for the ruling BN government in the coming general election, a state assemblyman warned.
BN’s Elopura assemblyman Au Kam Wah in expressing his worries said the opposition would capitalise on this issue in its quest to topple the
government during the next election.
He said the National Statistics Department showed that Sabah’s population in 2010 stood at 3.1 million and only 1.7 million of the figure comprised Malaysian citizens born in Sabah.
The rest were foreigners born in Sabah or foreigners issued with passes to stay in the state and Malaysians from other states.
