Rudyard Kipling"
“When you're left wounded on Afganistan's plains and
the women come out to cut up what remains, Just roll to your rifle
and blow out your brains,
And go to your God like a soldier”
General Douglas MacArthur"
“We are not retreating. We are advancing in another direction.”
“It is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it.” “Old soldiers never die; they just fade away.
“The soldier, above all other people, prays for peace, for he must suffer and be the deepest wounds and scars of war.”
“May God have mercy upon my enemies, because I won't .” “The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his.
“Nobody ever defended, there is only attack and attack and attack some more.
“It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived.
The Soldier stood and faced God
Which must always come to pass
He hoped his shoes were shining
Just as bright as his brass
"Step forward you Soldier,
How shall I deal with you?
Have you always turned the other cheek?
To My Church have you been true?"
"No, Lord, I guess I ain't
Because those of us who carry guns
Can't always be a saint."
I've had to work on Sundays
And at times my talk was tough,
And sometimes I've been violent,
Because the world is awfully rough.
But, I never took a penny
That wasn't mine to keep.
Though I worked a lot of overtime
When the bills got just too steep,
The Soldier squared his shoulders and said
And I never passed a cry for help
Though at times I shook with fear,
And sometimes, God forgive me,
I've wept unmanly tears.
I know I don't deserve a place
Among the people here.
They never wanted me around
Except to calm their fears.
If you've a place for me here,
Lord, It needn't be so grand,
I never expected or had too much,
But if you don't, I'll understand."
There was silence all around the throne
Where the saints had often trod
As the Soldier waited quietly,
For the judgment of his God.
"Step forward now, you Soldier,
You've borne your burden well.
Walk peacefully on Heaven's streets,
You've done your time in Hell."
Guan Eng: Anwar can ignore me, but not voices of Sabah voters
Thursday, December 04, 2025
Malaysiakini : DAP national adviser
Lim Guan Eng has warned Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim that ignoring the
voices of Sabah voters would jeopardise Pakatan Harapan and affect the
coalition’s support.
“The prime minister can choose not to listen
to me. However, he cannot afford to refuse to listen to the voices of
Sabah voters,” Lim said, noting that the Sabah election results have
shown that voters are upset about extra taxes.
The former finance
minister’s caution was included in a Facebook post in which he denied
that he highlighted the people’s hardship only after, and not before,
the Sabah election on Nov 29.
“Since December 2024, I have made a
total of at least seven speeches in Parliament objecting to the
expansion of the scope of the SST (sales and services tax) and other
measures that burden the people.
“Even
the media in Parliament can remember and confirm that I have made those
speeches repeatedly asking for review and delay of these SST, tax and
other measures. “The seven speeches in Parliament were on Dec 4,
2024, Feb 5, 2025, March 3, 2025, March 6, 2025, May 5, 2025, Aug 6,
2025 and Oct 16, 2025,” he added.
Dewan Rakyat in Parliament building
Lim
said he also raised issues like e-invoicing and the delay in tax
refunds. However, he said his pleas were not heeded by the government or
by Anwar. “Instead, the prime minister proceeded with
implementing these measures in the second half of 2025,” he said, urging
the prime minister to reconsider his position on these issues.
Income tax refund delays
In
a separate statement, Lim highlighted an example of how ordinary people
suffer due to the Inland Revenue Board (IRB)’s slow processing of
income tax refunds. He raised the case of one Cheong Wei Foong,
who runs four music academies and has been waiting since 2020 for
RM112,000 in tax refunds. Lim said Cheong had only received RM4,147 this
year.
“He (Cheong) was deeply disappointed as the amount (returned this year) was negligible compared with the total outstanding sum.
Inland Revenue Board office
“Upon
further checks, he was informed that this was all that could be
processed for the time being, while the remaining balance would still
have to wait, with no indication of when it might be returned.
“According
to him, refund claims for the years 2016 to 2020 had posed no issues.
However, after that, he assumed the delays were due to the movement
control order (MCO) during the pandemic.
“In 2023, he went to the
IRB office in Shah Alam to check the status and submitted a fresh refund
application. Yet, to this day, there has been no progress,” Lim added.
The
Bagan MP said the delay had strained the company’s cash flow and was
emblematic of a wider problem for SMEs, arguing that excess tax
collected is rightfully the taxpayer’s money and should not be withheld
for years.
He urged the IRB to expedite all outstanding refunds.
“IRB
collects over RM300 billion in tax revenue each year, so processing
refunds involving such relatively small amounts should not be a problem. “In
reality, if a company were to take legal action to recover its money,
it would almost certainly win, as the IRB has no right to retain funds
belonging to taxpayers.
The real question, however, is this - who would
dare to sue the IRB?” Lim asked.
