Published on: Sunday, April 18, 2021
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Chong posing with his books.
DE: You have been credited as being the only Chief Minister (CM) who did his best to solve Sabah’s illegal immigrant problem to the extent of demolishing their settlements that were a refuge for criminals and causing millions of ringgit losses in water and electricity thefts. How did you achieve it?
Chong: I was able to mobilise all the various relevant enforcement officials. I succeeded in mobilising the Royal Malaysian Police, the Armed Forces all the Local Authorities, and enforcement officials to work as one team. It was a big family of Malaysians tackling one common problem, which everyone called the ‘Mother of All Problems’ and that is the illegal immigrants.