IN MEMORIAM
1 FEBRUARY 1946 - 17 APRIL 2024 |
PBT LIM KIM YOO KPD, WHO SERVED THE ARMY FOR ONLY 10 YEARS, HAD A FREAK ACCIDENT IN 4 FEB 23, WHICH CAUSED HIM SEMI PARALYZED AND BRAIN DAMAGED. HIS DEAR WIFE, MADAM KOH LIAN HUA, HAD TO STOP SELLING VEGETABLES AT KEPONG WET MARKET SINCE THEN. THE LATE LIM HAD TO BE CARED 24/7. ON 17 APR 24, HE PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY AT HOME.
ON 18 APR 24, THE MACVA TEAM HEADED BY THE VP ARMY, CAROL LOO, NG JC, TONY HO, JOHN PHOON, AND DAVID CHENG DID THE FLAG DRAPING CEREMONY AT JINJANG FUNERAL PARLOUR. AFTERWARDS, THE VP ARMY HANDED OVER MACVA CONDOLENCE LETTER AND "PAK KAM" TO MADAM KOH. ON 20 APR 24, AT 1430HRS, THE SAME TEAM CONDUCTED THE MILITARY LAST RITE TO THE LATE PBT LIM AT THE CHINESE CEMETERY ASSOCIATION OF KEPONG CREMATORIUM. LOO CC FROM KPD WAS ALSO PRESENT TO GIVE A SHORT EULOGY.
ON BEHALF OF KPD. LOO ALSO DID A PRIVATE DONATION DRIVE AMONGST THE VETERANS FROM 17 TO 19 APR 24. A TOTAL OF RM13,550 WAS COLLECTED. THE DONATION AND THE FOLDED MALAYSIAN FLAG WERE HANDED OVER TO MADAM KOH BY THE VP ARMY. THANK YOU TO ALL DONORS. ON BEHALF OF THE PRESIDENT AND ALL MEMBERS, OUR DEEPEST CONDOLENCES AND SYMPATHY TO MADAM KOH AND FAMILY.