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."
Second victory for S'porean in unlawful detention challenge
Monday, September 12, 2022
Malaysiakini : A retired Singaporean engineer once again won his lawsuit
against the Malaysian Immigration Department in the High Court today,
obtaining a declaration that he was unlawfully detained for eight days
four years ago.
This was Wong Chun Khuen’s second
victory in his legal challenge against the detention by the Johor
Immigration Department in 2018.When contacted by Malaysiakini today,
Wong’s lawyer Arun Kasi confirmed the matter, adding that the case was
heard before High Court judge Amarjeet Singh Serjit Singh.
He said the judge also fixed Nov 16 for damages assessment for the case.
Wong Chun Khuen
“In the view of the declaration, the court also ordered damages
to be assessed, which is the damages payment that needs to be paid by
the Immigration Department to Wong,” he said.
Wong
was arrested by Immigration Department officers along with a few other
foreigners during a raid on his house in Johor Bahru about 11.05pm on
Feb 28, 2018.
After the arrest, Wong was detained at
the Pekan Nanas Immigration Detention Centre. He was only produced
before a magistrate on March 26 of the same year, whereby he pleaded
guilty to an immigration offence under Section 55E of the Immigration
Act for harbouring undocumented immigrants. He was fined RM30,000.
However,
he was not released immediately after he paid the fine. In fact, Wong
was detained for another eight days at the Kluang Prison, and then at
the Pekan Nanas Immigration depot before he was released on April 4,
2018.
Fair Play : The Judiciary is the only way.
High time the little Napoleons realise they are not a law unto themselves.
JW : In his press statement today, Wong claimed that these two court orders proved beyond any doubt that Malaysian Immigration authorities abused their power to detain him at their whims and fancies.
Message reverberates loud and clear throughout the land...what a darn shame!
