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."
For the police force to fly, what weighs it down must go By R Nadeswaran
Wednesday, October 11, 2023
Malaysiakini : Charges were proffered on Ramli on various charges but he was cleared
and now is a practising lawyer while Musa retired and recently was in
the news for taking a new wife. This was months after a tiff with his
ex-wife.
In 2018, the then-head of CID Wan Ahmad Najmuddin Mohd
faced an Australian Federal Police (AFP) corruption probe after
A$320,000 (about RM970,000) was found in his Sydney bank account which
was suspected to be proceeds of crime.
The money was forfeited after he could not account for the monies in his account to the AFP.
Nearly
A$290,000 flowed into Najmuddin's account over one month in 2016 in
cash drops around Australia, after he had returned to Malaysia.
Fifty-four deposits fell below the A$10,000 threshold at which law
enforcement agencies receive mandatory notifications.
The Sydney Morning Herald said Najmuddin has denied wrongdoing, citing legal costs as the reason he did not attempt to reclaim the money.
‘Naivety’
Then-home minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi came to the defence of Najmuddin, saying that the senior officer was perhaps “naive” about the Australian legal system.
Former CID chief Wan Ahmad Najmuddin Mohd
“This
matter arose since 2016… Najmuddin mentioned the real source of the
money was the sale of a home to finance his child’s education in
Australia, but the law of that country requires a transaction of over
A$10,000 to obtain special permission.
“So maybe Najmuddin is a little naive about the legal system in Australia.
“But
he has explained the matter to the authorities and also personally to
myself. We accept his explanation in very good faith,” he was quoted as
saying by Bernama.
I then wrote: “The fact remains that
various sums of money were deposited into his account – below the
AUS$10,000 threshold each time. The Australian reported that Najmuddin
wrote off the money and did not attempt to get it back from the
authorities, citing high legal costs.”
Zahid said that Najmuddin
claimed he sold his house for RM700,000 and the proceeds were sent to
Australia to fund the education of his two children.
I then posed a
series of questions, including: “How did RM700,000 turn into AUS$320,
000 (RM970,000)” and “Why would anyone just allow RM879,000 to be
forfeited when there are legitimate ways of getting the money back? One
former Australian editor remarked that he would ‘kill any kangaroo or
wallaby’ to get his money.”
As a footnote, I wrote: “The only way to come out of this issue unscathed is for Najmuddin to answer the questions posed.”
As
usual, no answers were forthcoming, but for Shuhaily’s benefit, let me
say there was indeed change. Naivety, it seems, comes with rewards.
Najmuddin retired with a full pension and now sits on the board of two public-listed companies.
