Rudyard Kipling"
āWhen 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 soldierā
General Douglas MacArthur"
āWe are not retreating. We are advancing in another direction.ā
āIt is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it.ā āOld soldiers never die; they just fade away.
āThe soldier, above all other people, prays for peace, for he must suffer and be the deepest wounds and scars of war.ā
āMay God have mercy upon my enemies, because I won't .ā āThe object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his.
āNobody ever defended, there is only attack and attack and attack some more.
āIt 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."
Crooked cops: A lot of talk but no action R Nadeswaran
Friday, August 18, 2023
Malaysiakini : āTake for example an officer whose salary is RM8,000 and he owns
three houses and three cars. We will investigate his household spending,
credit cards, and others to determine if they are commensurate with his
income,ā Utusan Malaysia quoted him.
To say such an
exercise has long been overdue is an understatement. For years, the
supposed shenanigans of some police officers have been made headlines,
only to be treated with contempt after so-called explanations.
Take the case of Wan Ahmad Najmuddin Mohd, former head of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID).
Wan Ahmad Najmuddin Mohd
Explanation given
He was stripped of more than A$320,000 (RM1 million) by the
Australian Federal Police (AFP), which suspected his Sydney bank account
held laundered money or proceeds of crime.
Wan Ahmad opened a
Commonwealth Bank āGoal Saverā account in 2011, listing his address at
Bankstown and then Glebe in Sydney. One week after he concluded an
Australian trip in 2016, the account received a flurry of suspicious
cash deposits.
Unknown depositors visited branches and ATMs around
the country, from Biloela in country Queensland to Devonport in
northern Tasmania to Lakemba in Sydneyās west and Melbourneās Central
Business District.
The account balance grew by nearly A$290,000 in
a month, mostly in structured deposits below A$10,000, the threshold
above which law enforcement agencies receive mandatory notifications.
The
freezing and forfeiture applications to the New South Wales Supreme
Court, based solely on the structured deposits, did not explore whether
he was involved in the indictable offences.
āIāve given my explanation,ā he told Fairfax Media in Australia.
āMy department wrote a letter to the AFP.ā
In Malaysia, guess who came to his defence?
Ahmad Zahid Hamidi
Getaway clarification
None other than the then
home minister and deputy prime minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said Wan
Ahmad was perhaps ānaiveā on the Australian legal system.
āThis
matter arose since 2016ā¦ Wan Ahmad mentioned the real source of the
money was the sale of a home to finance his childās education in
Australia, but the law of that country requires a transaction of over
A$10,000 to obtain special permission.
āBut he has explained the matter to the authorities and also personally to myself.
āWe accept his explanation in very good faith,ā he was quoted as saying by Bernama.
And
that was the perfect getaway clarification which no one believed. If
you sell a house in Seremban, the buyer would deposit the money in your
account or that of your solicitors.
Hypothetically speaking, in
this case, the buyer chose to deposit the money from bank accounts in
Kota Baru, Kuala Terengganu, Kota Kinabalu, and other towns in amounts
of below A$10,000.
Doesnāt that say something about this ātransactionā?
But the file was closed and Wan Ahmad was happy to let the AFP forfeit the money.
Grandiose plans
So, Razarudinās clean-up campaign should revisit this ugly episode that made the news in both countries.
Didnāt
he say: āWe conduct inquiries and investigations into every accusation
that is made? We also act if we receive information regarding our
officers or members found in karaoke lounges or intoxicated at
nightclubs.ā
For good measure, he added that JIPS will conduct
investigations to verify allegations of corruption or other misconduct
before taking the necessary action.
Making such announcements
without appropriate action will be the same old thing ā grandiose plans
with little to show at the end of the day.
Four months ago,
Razadinās predecessor, Acryl Sani Abdullah Sani said police were
scrutinising reports by the MACC of misconduct involving its personnel
that had no action taken.
He assured the police will never
compromise on any wrongdoing, in addition to working closely with
related agencies including the MACC and the Enforcement Agency Integrity
Commission, towards upholding integrity within the force.
The
MACC said that some government agencies have been sweeping reports of
misconduct involving their own under the rug, despite recommending that
these issues of these problematic officers be addressed. Of these 125,
involved police personnel.
āThe Integrity and Standard Compliance
Department have already prepared a detailed report on the matter, and we
are looking into the report, which said that we did not take action
against those involved.
ā...there were no reports that we ignored
and did not take follow-up action because we view misconduct cases
seriously and hold fast to integrity,ā he said.
What happened to the report? Has any action been taken and why has it taken a prodding in the media to move into action?
Making
statements prolifically may provide the soundbites which may have been
aimed at the naĆÆve, but arenāt all these part of a āsyiok sendiriā
exercise?
