Project IC

"The project is a complex matter involving certain political parties as well as various government agencies including, the National Registration Department, the Election Commission of Malaysia, and the immigration department. The suspicions and allegations on the existence of Project IC started in around the mid-1990s."

Project IC is a term used in Malaysia to describe the allegation of systematic granting of citizenship to immigrants (whether illegal or legal immigrants) by giving them identity documents known as IC (identity card), and subsequently, MyKad. The alleged practice is centered in the state of Sabah in East Malaysia. The term is used mainly by opposition politicians and the media. Another term used is Project M,[1] where "M" stood for Mahathir Mohamad, the former prime minister of Malaysia due to him being allegedly involved in the spearheading of this project.[2][3]

The project, in its widespread and intensive form, is suspected to have begun in the early 1990s after the entry of United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) into Sabah politics, however there were also evidence of mass naturalization of immigrants in the 1970s under the United Sabah National Organization (USNO) government, and in the early 1980s under BERJAYA government.[4] On a nationwide scale, illegal immigration is a major social issue. The problem is linked with alleged phantom voters also seen in other parts of Malaysia during elections. read more.. (Wikipedia)