July 23 Total Solar Eclipse Haiku Poem by john tiong chunghoo

total solar eclipse
an aggrieved family pray for
some light on son's death

total solar eclipse
malaysians pray for some light
behind teoh's death

total solar eclipse
cabinet weighs a royal probe
into teoh beng hock's death

total solar eclipse
royal probe into teoh's death
given a greenlight

from The Star, Malaysia 23/7/2009
PUTRAJAYA: The Cabinet has agreed to set up an inquest into the death of political aide Teoh Beng Hock as well as a Royal Commission of Inquiry to look into the interrogation methods used on him by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) .
Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said the Cabinet during its meeting Wednesday also decided that the inquest into Teoh’s cause of death would be headed by a magistrate as dictated by law.

TOKYO, Japan — Millions of Asians turned their eyes skyward Wednesday as dawn suddenly turned to darkness across the continent in the longest total solar eclipse this century will see. Millions of others, fearing a bad omen, shuttered themselves indoors.
Chinese launched fireworks and danced in Shanghai. On a remote Japanese island, bewildered cattle went to their feeding troughs thinking night had fallen. And in India, a woman was crushed as thousands of viewers crowded the banks of the Ganges for a glimpse.
Starting off in India just after dawn, the eclipse was visible across a wide swath of Asia before moving over southern Japan and then off into the Pacific Ocean. In some parts of Asia, it lasted as long as 6 minutes and 39 seconds.
The eclipse is the longest since July 11,1991, when a total eclipse lasting 6 minutes,53 seconds was visible from Hawaii to South America. There will not be a longer eclipse than Wednesday's until 2132. The celestial event was met by a mixture of awe, excitement and fear.