MIRI - Penduduk setinggan di Pujut 5 amat kecewa dengan sikap pihak berkuasa yang secara tiba-tiba merobohkan rumah mereka seawal jam 3 pagi pada 19hb Mac 2015 ketika mereka masih tidur.
Walaupun ada wakil rakyat yang mengatakan bahawa dalam Operasi penangkapan PATI (Pendatang Asing Tanpa Izin) secara besar-besaran ini tidak perlu diberi notis tapi kebanyakan mereka yang ditahan adalah penduduk setinggan yang sudah lama menetap di situ. Pihak berkuasa tidak perlu meroboh tempat tinggal mereka secara tidak berperikemanusiaan kerana dalam rumah tersebut ada kanak-kanak kecil dan bayi yang perlu tempat tinggal.
Sampai bila mereka tinggal dalam keadaan begini sekiranya pihak berkuasa tidak mengambil tindakan susulan atas kejadian perobohan rumah mereka. Bagaimana dengan nasib anak-anak kecil dan bayi yang perlu tempat tinggal? Adakah pihak berkuasa akan menyediakan tempat tinggal sementara untuk mereka atau membiarkan mereka hidup tanpa haluan setelah rumah mereka diroboh?
Walaupun Operasi penangkapan PATI dilakukan secara besar-besaran ini adalah baik untuk keselamatan negara, tapi ini bukan bermakna penduduk setinggan tanpa kad pengenalan juga ditahan seolah-olah mereka ini penjenayah yang mengancam keselamatan negara. Kebanyakan mereka yang ditahan dalam operasi itu adalah mereka yang sudah berkeluarga dan sudah lama menetap di Sarawak.Kita mengesa pihak berkuasa bertindak secara profesional dalam menghadapi PATI dan setinggan tanpa dokumen pengenalan diri yang kebanyakannya adalah penduduk asal Sarawak agar mereka juga diberi peluang untuk mereka mencari tempat tinggal agar mereka tidak terbiar begitu saja dan akan menjadi masalah sosial setelah rumah mereka dirobohkan.
Those arrested were sent to detention centers Immigration Depot in Bekenu. About 80 people were detained did not have personal identification documents, including children and babies. According to residents and families who lived there told us, there are also among the families of those who have identity cards held together in the operation against illegal immigrants (PATI) on a large scale.
According to them again even if the authorities want to demolish their homes at least give them a warning notice to prepare for the move or at least clothing, kitchen items and their appliances are not damaged by demolition. A lot of their household appliances damaged due to their home pole cut using a chainsaw.
Some of those arrested were natives of Sarawak who did not have identification cards because their parents do not register their birth before with the National Registration Department. They also ever applied for Identification Card at the National Registration Department, but until now there was no answer is received, whether they pass the application or otherwise.
Those that confirmed as PATI should only be detained without having to demolish their homes. After their home demolished, part of their family living in uncertainty such as the population afflicted by natural disasters because there is no place for them to take shelter.Now they only stay temporarily in the rubble of their home which was demolished in a state of considerable danger if any pillars that fall or collapse at any time. They also complain that their electrical equipment and generator damaged during demolition occurs. There is also living in tents on the contribution of the public who sympathized with their plight.
Until when they have to stay in this situation if the authorities do not take action on the incident of demolition of their homes. What about the fate of small children and babies who needs a place to stay? Are authorities will provide temporary shelter for them or let them live without direction after their houses demolished?
Although the operation against illegal immigrants (PATI) on a large scale is good for national security, but this does not mean that the squatters without identity cards were also detained as if they are criminals that threaten national security. Most of those detained in the operation are those who have a family and have long been settled in Sarawak.Read more...


















































