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Lim Tong Hai (born 14 May 1969) was a centre-back for the Singapore national football team from 1989 to 1999. He held various backroom roles at former club Geylang United after retiring from his playing career until his departure in 2012. [2] Lim is widely considered one of the greatest defenders in Singapore's history.
This revelation led to the arrest of the other four accomplices; one of them was Ong's 24-year-old close friend Lee Chor Pet, the others were 29-year-old Chow Sien Cheong, 32-year-old Lim Kim Kwee, and 23-year-old Ho Kee Fatt. Lim and Ho had escaped to Malaysia before they were arrested by Malaysian police and extradited to Singapore. Lee led ...
Lim married Pang Gek Kim in 1939 and they had five children. [16] Pang died in 1994. [5] One of his grandnephews is Luke O’Nien, an English professional association football player. Lim died at approximately 5:30pm Singapore Standard Time on 20 July 2006 at his home after prolonged illness
Lim Ah Mei, the 64-year-old mother of Hoe Hock Hai, who was also among the eighteen condemned, sadly stated that her son was only 24 when he was put to death. [ 51 ] According to a Sin Chew Jit Poh article published on 30 October 1965, the mother of one of the executed men was reportedly so distraught that she nearly collapsed at the sight of ...
Lim Soi Moy, also known as Lim Kim Luan, was born in 1939 in Singapore, while Pak Kian Huat, alias Pek Kiah Huat, was born in 1937 in Singapore, and the both of them first met in the 1950s while they were teenagers; Pak was then a shipyard worker while Lim was a housekeeper.
On 9 August 1972, which falls on Singapore's National Day, 42-year-old Chew Liew Tea (周留的 Zhōu Líudì), who operated a wine shop at Amoy Street, was shot and killed by two Chinese Malaysians, Lim Kim Huat (林金发 Lín Jīnfā) and Neoh Bean Chye (梁民才 Liáng Míncaí), who both escaped Singapore and fled to their home state of Penang in Malaysia, before they were separately ...
Lim later fled after a shoot-out with Koh's two other colleagues. The coroner's report later concluded and classified Koh's death as murder. Koh was married with two children at the time of his death. Lim was then placed on the wanted list for Corporal Koh's murder and a reward of $17,000 was placed on his head.
Lim enlisted in the Singapore Armed Forces in December 1976 and served in the Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) as an F-16 pilot. Throughout his military career, he held various appointments, including: Head, Air Intelligence Department; Head, Air Operations Department; Deputy Commander, Tengah Air Base; Commander, Tengah Air Base; Chief of Staff (Air Staff).