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."
Beng Hock's case: Sister to address UNHCR on Tuesday
Sunday, March 15, 2026
Malaysiakini : The younger sister of the late Teoh Beng Hock has travelled to Geneva
to raise the family’s long-running fight for justice at the United
Nations Human Rights Council.
In a statement today, Koong Hui
Yein, chairperson of the Teoh Beng Hock Association for Democratic
Advancement, said Teoh’s sister, Lee Lan, departed for Switzerland today
to attend the council’s 61st session.
Koong said Lee Lan (above, left) is scheduled to address representatives from the council’s 47 member states and other participating nations on March 17.
According
to Koong, Lee Lan will highlight the family’s 17-year struggle for
justice over Beng Hock’s death and call on the UN to activate relevant
human rights mechanisms related to the case.
The family, she said, remains dissatisfied with the investigation, which ended with a “no further action” outcome. “This is a clear demonstration that the Malaysian government has denied the family their Right to Remedy,” Koong said.
Koong said Lee Lan’s mission to the UN aims to highlight that the case remains unresolved despite the passage of time. She
added that while the “Malaysia Madani” government presents itself as
championing human rights and reform, it has fallen short in implementing
the Right to Life and the Right to Equality as guaranteed under the
United Nations’ Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
“This
mission aims to use international mechanisms to pressure the Malaysian
government to fulfil its human rights obligations and initiate rigorous,
professional criminal investigations and prosecutions against the
suspects involved,” she said.
Pushing for institutional reforms
In
2009, Beng Hock, who was then Selangor state executive councillor Ean
Yong Hian Wah’s aide, was found dead after overnight questioning at
Selangor MACC, then headquartered at Plaza Masalam in Shah Alam.
A
2011 royal commission of inquiry ruled that he was driven to suicide
due to aggressive interrogation. However, in 2014, the Court of Appeal
ruled his death was caused or accelerated by unlawful acts, including
those of MACC officers.
On Nov 21 last year, the Kuala Lumpur High
Court ordered the police to complete the investigation into Beng Hock’s
death within six months. In May, the Attorney-General’s Chambers ultimately classified the case as no further action.
Teoh Beng Hock
Koong
further said Lee Lan and the association’s team will hold a live
broadcast from Geneva tomorrow (March 16) to update the public on the
mission.
She added that the family’s effort to bring the case to
the UN is not only about seeking justice for Beng Hock, but also about
pushing for institutional reforms to prevent future custodial deaths and
ensure such a tragedy does not happen again. As of last December,
the association had raised RM122,377 through nationwide roadshows and
online crowdfunding for the UN mission.
GrayPanther0439 : Pamela Ling, Amri, Pastor Koh and countless others..
BrownDove7179 : So much HOPE in the MADANI GOVT, but this happened. No better than the UMNO GOVT, BUT WORSE..!!!!!!
drkam : To be honest, Teoh Beng Hock was killed when Parti Keadilan Rakyat was running Selangor. At the time, the Menteri Besar could hardly do much with the Royal Malaysia Police and Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission under federal control.
Fast forward 17 years. PKR is now part of the federal government, yet somehow this case — along with the famous Altantuya Shaariibuu case — still behaves like a locked drawer with the key mysteriously missing.
So the family now has to travel all the way to the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva just to ask for justice. Imagine that — Malaysians needing a boarding pass to find the truth about something that happened in Malaysia.
Naturally, someone will probably say this is “not patriotic.” But when justice moves slower than KL traffic on a rainy Friday, people eventually look for another road. If the system worked properly, no one would need to fly halfway around the world just to ask what really happened.
Ganesan1 : Oh great, raise crowd fund from the public
if insufficient for your journey to justice, am sure DAP leaders will support by contributing parts of their perks to this assignment.
BTW, dont forget to highlight the 60-year long apertheid policy here, let foreign journalists do the rest, good or bad.
