R.I.P., Canny Ong…

And so another chapter closes in Malaysia’s social history. The murder case of 29-year old Canny Ong has finally concluded. The accused, an aircraft cabin cleaner, has been sentenced to caning, 20 years jail and death.

The media has carried this case with their usual fanfare, sometimes not without the sensationalism.

While life and death are mere phases in the great passage of the spiritual form, I cannot help but stop to reflect each I read about a murder case in the Malaysia. Somehow, for a brief moment in time, we are reminded of our own mortality, of how our nation has descended into such levels of moral depravity, of how insignificant are our petty little problems in the grand scheme of God’s plan.

To the murderer, I hope you make peace with yourself and your maker before your time comes. It is perhaps the last humane thing that you can do.

To the family and friends of Canny, my deepest sympathies lie with you. And so do anyone on earth who has a sister, a daughter, a wife or a mother.

And to finally Canny, if it is in any way possible, rest in peace.