We lived in two different worlds
I am a Muslim and you were not
But we shared many things in common
We were together in CENPEACE fighting for social justice
You were very popular in ABIM during those years
We were comfortable in calling you “Ustaz Fan”.
You presented a paper on HAMKA in Danau Maninjau
And impressed everybody when you related his struggle
As being fraught with human rights and social justice.
Your last visit at my Anjung Rahmat office was 30 April 2010
Little did I realize that you’d come all the way from Bangkok
Just to say goodbye, leaving this world to face your Creator.
Kudos to Mr Fan for the ideals we together struggled to uphold
Even as I cherished the friendship and ideas we shared
Only to realize that our two different worlds were proverbially one!
May your soul rest in peace.
Ahmad Azam Abdul Rahman
Chairman, Future Global Network
p/s Fan Yew Teng passed away on the 7th of December 2010 after battling cancer at the Bumrungrad International Hospital in Bangkok.
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