Gong Xi Fa Cai 2022

 

"As I have been reliably informed" - Dirge of a Mongolian father

Shaariibu Setev - father of Shaariibuugiin Altantuyaa
Star Online photo

"I am not satisfied. My daughter knows only one Malaysian and it is Razak Baginda. Now my daughter is dead and Baginda is freed... the country has lost credibility in the (eyes of the) world"

How can it so?
He who defiled the body of my beloved
Has been freed, unpunished for his crime
As I have been reliably informed

My heart crushed

As I have been reliably informed it should be
My tears flow
As I have been reliably informed they must be

String him up
By a hyper-pious tree in the mango plain
And another one too, as both ought to be
As I have been reliably informed

My anger explodes
As I have been reliably informed it should be
My pains sharpen
As I have been reliably informed they must be

Malaysian lawful process?
Oxymoronic dark humour? Aren't the SDs
Available as concretized absolute truths?
As I have been reliably informed

My frustration erupts
As I have been reliably informed it should be
My beliefs shatter
As I have been reliably informed they must be

So what if two are on trial
When they aren't the evil Duo drummed
Into my ears, mind, and expectations
As I have been reliably informed

My torment revolts
As I have been reliably informed it should be
My sufferings scream
As I have been reliably informed they must be

The Terrible Twins
Shattered Golden Beam* in more ways than one
So he said that he said that he said & he said
As I have been reliably informed

My despair intensifies
As I have been reliably informed it should be
My hopes destroyed
As I have been reliably informed they must be


* the Mongolian name 'Altantuyaa' means 'Golden Beam'

Related:

(1) Remembering Altantuyaa Shaariibuu
(2) Murdering Altantuyaa Shaariibuu Again


Poem inspired by Malaysiakini article Abdul Razak Baginda acquitted [31 Oct 2008]