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(Malaysian Mirror) KUCHING - PKR Member of Parliament for Subang in Selangor and the party’s vice-president Sivarasa K Rasiah was granted leave on Thursday to apply for a judicial review of the Sarawak government’s decision to bar him from entering Sarawak on Feb 14 this year.

The opposition politician had applied for leave to apply for the judicial review of the decision, citing the state Director of Immigration, the State Secretary and Sarawak government as respondents.

The application to apply for leave was heard in open court before Judge Linton Albert.

Appearing for Sivarasa were Baru Bian and See Chow How of Baru Bian & Advocates, a Kuching-based legal firm, and for the respondents senior federal counsel Azizah Narawi.

The PKR legislator was refused entry on Feb 14 this year when he flew in and was told by immigration officers that for some undisclosed reasons he had been placed on the black list and refused entry into Sarawak on the instructions of the State Secretary.

An arguable case, says judge

He was handed a formal notice which stated as follows:

“To: Sivarasa a/l K Rasiah

This serves to notify you that you are refused entry into Sarawak as:

You do not belong to the state of Sarawak and are not entitled to enter the state without a permit or a pass by virtue of section 66(1) of the Immigration Act 1959/1963.

For Director of Immigration, Sarawak”

Read more at: High Court decision: Sivarasa 1 Sarawak 0

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written by *********, July 10, 2009 11:27:25

That pirate Taik Mahmud has no business stopping any Malaysian from setting foot on Malaysian soil and this includes Sarawak...More http://*********.********.com

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written by budaktapah, July 10, 2009 11:47:44

King Taik has spoken. My state, my land, my subjects...

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written by MyBUDAK, July 10, 2009 12:16:57

Ha... Mahmud Taik will die one day, but Sarawakian will stay to give a good fight...

please wake up and STOP donate your bloods to the Evils...

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written by e LION, July 10, 2009 15:18:53

As a Malaysian citizen, we can go anywhere in Malaysia , that include east malaysia.
There should be no restriction what so ever. Praise the High court decision. I means a lot for the rakyat. Political indifference can't restrict us from travlling within malaysia.
That is our right.

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written by quietguy, July 10, 2009 15:24:42

I don't see what the big deal is with the decision. It just means that Sivarasa is allowed to take the case to court. It doesn't mean that he will win.

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written by sarawakian, July 11, 2009 00:35:00

you people in the West forget that Sarawak JOINED the Federation of Malay States and Sabah to form Malaysia in 1963. one of the important aspects of that federation was the 20 point agreement in which one of the points was that Sarawak is autonomous to an extent in terms of Immigration laws.

yes, the State Director of Immigration may have done a bad deed by refusing entry to this person (or any other person for that matter) but i'm pretty sure the Director had the prerogative.

so scream all you want but Sivarasa (or anyone as well) can be denied entry to Sarawak. all you can do is argue the reason why he was denied entry. Sabah i think has lost the deals they brokered to join Malaysia when UMNO invaded them.

go read some history before showing your ignorance.

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