That's what Sarawak Chief Minister said during a meeting with the state's immigration officers over the 'influx' of Suluk and Bajau illegal immigrants to Miri.
A three-minute video clip of him lambasting enforcement officers during a closed-door briefing in Kuching last Thursday has gone viral on Facebook.
The video, taken with a mobile phone, appeared to have been recorded by an officer from the department when he and enforcement officers from 20 other agencies, both state and federal, were summoned to the state operations room in Wisma Bapa Malaysia in Petra Jaya.
It was a side of Adenan never seen by the general public but belies his “don't mess with me” reputation.
Adenan appeared to have lost his cool over the failure of the immigration department to stop the influx of Suluk and Bajau illegal immigrants to Miri.
"There are already 700 Bajaus and 400 Suluks fishing in Miri and (you still say) you don't know about it,” he was heard saying in the video.Branding some of them as “pengecut” (cowards), Adenan said they made all kinds of excuses not to take action against the Bajaus and the Suluks.
“Now that you know, (you come up with) the usual excuses, 'not enough manpower, not enough this, not enough that'.
“Stupid, bodoh," said an angry Adenan.
“I don't want any more excuses about not enough manpower."
Adenan also said that “half (of) the staff work in the office”.
“Overstaffed in office, understaffed outside office.”
“The real reason is that they are scared,” said Adenan, who added that the public expected the officers to do their job “bravely, courageously and with dedication”.
“We warned (the) immigration (department) a year ago about this Suluk.
“Nothing was done until the problem became a big one.
“Do you know how many illegal immigrants there are now in Sarawak?” Adenan asked the muted officers present.
“Underestimated. You want to be like Sabah?
“I don't want to be like Sabah.”