Suffian LP (read by Lee Hun Hoe CJ (Borneo):

The applicant (appellant before us) is a Malaysian citizen by operation of law.

On 6 October 1965, he was sent by the Federal Government to Sabah as Political Secretary in the Federal Ministry of Information and Broadcasting there. Early in 1966 when Tun Mustapha became Federal Minister of Sabah Affairs, he was assigned to him as his Political Secretary. He resigned from that post on 31 August 1967.

From the day of his entry into Sabah he has been continuously resident within Sabah. On 11 June 1967, he applied to the Chief Minister, Sabah, for an Entry Permit for permanent stay in Sabah. Five days later he was granted an Entry Permit to stay permanently in Sabah under s. 10 of the Immigration Ordinance, 1959 (now s. 10 of Immigration Act 1959/63, Act 155).

On 22 December 1967, he was admitted to the Sabah Bar and has practised law there ever since.

Ever since the grant of the Entry Permit the applicant has been continuously residing within the State of Sabah with his wife and children, owning his own house at No. 1-A Jalan Puncak, Kota Kinabalu. He has made Kota Kinabalu his personal place of abode, and has no intention to e