I cannot imagine how life must have been like for Cher Wei during the past six months of her journey to motherhood. I am not going to blog about the possible emotions and trauma she must have gone through because no matter what, we will never be able to imagine the magnitude of her grief, pain, anguish and the saddening journey to motherhood she must be going through.
For those of you who have never gone through the journey to motherhood, please go to THIS LINK and imagine that lonely road Cher Wei travelled and how the foetus developed without hearing the sound of his father's voice reverberating through his mom's stomach.
The last stage of pregnancy is the most difficult. Tears are in my eyes as I type this. I pray TBH's spirit and soul is with Cher Wei as she prepares herself to bring to this world the legacy TBH left behind - his son. I hope that she will have a safe delivery and that TBH will be there with her, holding her hand, enveloping her with his presence and his love and letting her know somehow that he is there with her as she goes through labour pain.
And when the cries of the new born babe are heard in the delivery room, I pray his voice will be like that of TBH. May the baby have his face to remind his dad's perpetrators that they took away his dad's life but he will live to be a wonderful man and uphold the principles that his dad held to honor integrity, honesty and dignity and not to be cowered by intimidation.
When Cher Wei holds the babe in her arms, may she be reminded of the depth of love Teoh Beng Hock had for her....the wonderful times they shared and the unforgettable moments which will always be her source of strength in moments of weakness.
And when she holds him in her arms may she say, "Your father is not here but HE IS A HERO. Remember he died that freedom and truth may live in Malaysia. Grow well, my son, for you are all I have of your dad."
As she prepares herself to walk that lonely road of single motherhood, may people who come into contact with her NOT JUDGE HER OR HER SON. May genuine compassion be in their hearts and eyes and may they may moved to extend to Cher Wei and her son, whatever help they need.
Malaysian Insider reported:
The matter of “Baby Teoh” bearing the father’s name on the birth certificate, however, is still undetermined.
Laws in Malaysia require proof that both parents are married or in a case where a child is born out of wedlock, the father must be physically present, in order for the birth certificate issued to carry the father’s name.
While Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak is reported to have personally assured the Teohs and Soh and directed the Attorney-General to help the family last year, it is not the policy of the National Registration Department to register the father’s name for a baby born out of wedlock.
Any delay in giving this innocent baby a birth certificate that bears his parents' names will only prolong Cher Wei's agony and inflame the already heated sentiments of the rakyat with regards to TBH's tragic demise. May sense and sensibility, love and compassion be in the hearts of the authorities concerned and may they give this child what he rightly deserves. As it is, he has been cruelly robbed of his father and will have to live with that for the rest of his life.
May TBH's spirit and soul rest in peace and may justice prevail in his court case. May the Almighty continue to bless TBH's family, Cher Wei and their precious son to be born soon in Johore.
Anonymous Masterwordsmith, whenever Bolehland's Gomen institutions refuses to do the right thing on the basis of fairness, justice or humane, they always hide behind the excuse of "policy". Much like. as if, all their policies are immutable and divinely ordained and therefore infallible and absolute.
To the nobodies, the rigidity applies, to the titled big shots, flexibility always appear.
This applies to many "minor(?)" everyday matters. The lack of responsiveness and proactiveness encourages the form of laziness in governance and the accompanying corruption that we are so familiar with.
Of course, all bureaucracies everywhere tend towards this sort of situation to a varying degree, but ours are further aggravated by bad policies and established racial discrimination as well as rooted inherent ineptness thrown in.
~wits0~