the formation of the RCI including the members of the commission and the TORs. Political commentators have observed that the RCI appears to be a knee-jerk reaction to the defection of several prominent Sabahan BN politicians, who resigned in protest only a few days earlier because of the federal government's reluctance to deal with Sabah's immigration problems. The Royal Commission released a report absolving the Malaysian government of ever creating Project IC and blaming corrupt officials and syndicates of creating the problem. Commission members The commission member are as follows: Steve Shim (Chairman) - former Chief Judge of Sabah and Sarawak Saripuddin Kasim (Secretary) - Secretary General of the Domestic Trade, Cooperatives and Consumerism Ministry Kamaruzaman Ampon (Commissioner) - Universiti Malaysia Sabah vice-chancellor Herman Luping (Commissioner) - former Sabah State Attorney General KY Mustafa (Commissioner) - former Sabah State Secretary Henry Chin Poy Wu (Commissioner) - deputy chairman of the Malaysian Crime Prevention Foundation Terms of Reference There are 8 TORs: 1. To investigate the number of foreigners in Sabah given blue Malaysian ICs or citizenships; 2. To investigate if the award of such ICs or citizenships were according to the law; 3. To investigate if those given blue ICs, temporary identification receipts or citizenships through unlawful means have been registered in Sabah's electoral roll; 4. To investigate if the authorities have taken any action or made improvements to standard operating procedures (SOPs), methods and regulations to prevent any irregularities in accordance with the law; 5. To conduct a deeper probe into the SOPs, methods and regulations on the award of blue ICs or citizenships to foreigners in Sabah by taking into consideration international norms and standards that are applicable to Malaysia, and to recommend amendments or changes to improve current practices; 6. To investigate the reasons behind Sabah's population growth according to the following categories: a) Sabah citizens residing in the state, including those given blue ICs or citizenships through birth certificates (late registration); b) foreign workers (including family members); c) illegal immigrants (including family members); and d) fugitives and to study their impact on the number of those registered in the electoral roll; 7. To investigate the social implications on the Sabah community following the award of blue ICs or citizenships to foreigners in the state; and 8. To investigate the number of "stateless" foreigners in Sabah given blue ICs or citizenships. See also Transmigration program in neighbouring