Christina rubbishes claim she was Indonesian

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KOTA KINABALU: Api-Api assemblywoman Christina Liew said she would not be entertaining the allegation by Sabah Suluk Ethnic Clan Association that she is an Indonesian of Chinese descent who had obtained Malaysian citizenship.

Liew told a press conference yesterday that the statement by the association’s secretary during the Royal Commission of Inquiry (RCI) on illegal immigrants in Sabah on Wednesday was baseless.

“I do not want to entertain this man’s baseless and frivolous allegation during the RCI hearing, but to keep the record straight, I categorically deny I was born in Indonesia.

“My parents were British subjects who migrated from Hong Kong to North Borneo (now Sabah) 60 years ago, before the independence of Sabah. I obtained my first Blue IC (identity card) when I attained 12 years old,” she said.

Liew, who showed the supporting documents of her late father during the press conference yesterday, said one of the five RCI panel members Tan Sri Henry Chin was Tawau district police chief and he (Chin) knows her family.

“Tan Sri Henry knows my late father, and his statement on Wednesday has rebuted the baseless claim from the man,” said Liew.

On Wednesday, Sabah Suluk Ethnic Clan Association secretary Mohd Zaki Harry Suisanto claimed that Liew was from Indonesia.

Mohd Zaki however admitted that the information was based on hearsay.