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."
Anwar's faith in MACC will define Madani's fate By Commander S THAYAPARAN (Retired) Royal Malaysian Navy
Monday, February 16, 2026
Malaysiakini : We have heard these allegations before when it comes to the police.
All you have to do is look at the Copgate affair, where two
inspector-generals of police - Musa Hassan and Abdul Hamid Bador - had a
battle royale.
Here is a snippet that gives us an inkling of the nexus between the security services and organised crime - “Tengku Goh is reportedly an underworld boss who enjoyed Musa’s backing when Musa was Johor police chief.
“Musa
was said to have eliminated all loan sharks, money-laundering
syndicates, gaming and drug syndicates and crime lords in Johor, but
allowed Tengku Goh to continue operating - until the Bukit Aman
Commercial Crime Investigation Department found out about Goh’s
activities.”
Of course, none of this could go on without the aid
of the political class, which is supposed to be a check and balance when
it comes to the state security apparatus.
But politicians are the worst, and it is not me saying this but Hamid.
“The
most notorious ones are the politicians. They have no fixed principle.
One day they will jump here, and another day, when they see an
opportunity, they will turn the other way,” he said in the interview.
“When you politicise race and religion, it can bring down the country,” he added.
Brilliant strategy
So,
it really does not look good for the prime minister, who, when in the
opposition, concluded that MACC chief Azam Baki was part of the problem
but now considers him part of the solution.
A brilliant strategy
when you think about it. The MACC allegedly goes after certain
corruption cases, which makes Madani seem like a more stable and honest
government than the ones before it.
The
rakyat loves it, especially when it comes to personalities of former
regimes who, for decades, were operating with impunity. When MACC
charges them, the rakyat is jubilant.
In 2020, former prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad twice warned the MACC to stop harassing his comrades or “we have to be very active in exposing all the wrong things that they carry out”.
It
says a lot about the dysfunction, which could be classified as
criminality, when the person who once led the Pakatan Harapan government
can threaten to expose the alleged malfeasance of the MACC if they
continue harassing his political operatives and ignore the fact that he
supposedly has “evidence” of wrongdoing, which should have been reported
to the “relevant” authorities.
Who is Azam working for?
Which
brings us to an important question. Anwar said that Azam is a
hardworking MACC head honcho, but what these allegations raise is, who
exactly is he working for?
And this is the problem, with the prime minister robustly defending Azam despite the pressure from members of his coalition.
Now,
while Madani may attempt to restrict the voices of the domestic press,
it will have a far harder time attempting to silence the international
press.
But then again, the political class is worried enough about
these allegations that some are speaking up, and Madani's response to
this is to set up a task force which doesn't even pass muster with
operatives from Harapan.
Can the rakyat trust the investigations and findings of this task force set up to investigate Azam?
Of course not, which is why a handful of Madani operatives are demanding a royal commission of inquiry made up of credible individuals because anything less would be another sandiwara (theatre).
Government
spokesperson Fahmi Fadzil could not even utter what these allegations
are, and the prime minister could not even place Azam on leave, which
tells us how seriously the government is taking these allegations.
Communications Minister Fahmi Fadzil
The
more damaging of these allegations are of course, that Azam allegedly
was working in concert with other MACC operatives with a criminal
adjacent cabal.
Nobody in the cabinet has even mentioned this, which should make rational Malaysians wonder exactly how much of this was sub rosa
(actions done in secrecy, confidence, or, informally, to avoid notice)
and how much of this was business as usual, ignored or condoned by
Madani.
Not only does the Bloomberg article zero in on
specific personalities and incidents that are easily verifiable by any
sort of transparent investigation, but it also relies heavily on insider
anonymous sources.
This means that at this point, there are
individuals within the MACC who, for whatever reasons, are leaking
things to the international press.
When the ship starts leaking,
it means that the rats will abandon the ship, and this means more leaks,
which no doubt Madani will attempt to plug in the most heavy-handed
manner.
Rafizi the disruptor
Rafizi Ramli continues to disrupt the narrative that all is kosher in Madani.
The
fact that the former minister can make statements such as this - “I
want to tell Anwar and Azam - I am a veteran when it comes to being
arrested, raided, or put in lockup, I’m ready to go through it all again
if he dares to try,” points to the weaponised nature of the MACC.
Here
is a former minister and comrade-in-arms, telling the rakyat that
Madani is possibly targeting him for speaking up against the prime
minister and his graft buster.
Pandan MP Rafizi Ramli
It is as if Rafizi welcomes persecution by the MACC because it will be the final nail in the coffin for Madani.
The
political apparatus in this country does not want any government agency
to be accountable to Parliament. It does not want any public oversight
of any government agency.
As long as these agencies are not
answerable to elected representatives with powers to sanction aberrant
behaviour, the outrage will continue without a solution.
Rabble
rousers endeavour to make the public sceptical of government agencies to
amass power, and when in power, force the public to place their faith
in compromised agencies to remain in power.
MACC operatives who
were responsible for the death of Teoh Beng Hock have not been brought
to justice. Compared to that, colluding with a criminal adjacent cabal
is child's play.
