ashes returned home

Ong Beng Hwa's ashes*

Nobody can hide for long

It is so easy to take it home

Where he wanted his resting place

There is no law to ban ashes

No law can proof it is his

The ashes of a man

You hate or like him

He made his name in history

Fought against the Japanese

When he was cheated he fought against the British

Where promises weren't kept

Then he fought against the country

As he wanted to turn it into a Communist state

That was the bad move and he was branded a traitor

Though he signed the agreement in Hat yai to lay down arms

Now it is said his ashes had come home

Brought back by his friends and relatives

His ashes scattered with the wind and sea

In Setiawan and Lumut

He was a freedom fighter

In later years he wanted to form a Communist state

That was his mistake

He was branded as a traitor

Note since sept 16 2019*