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NSF officer Hero is a ex-Malaysian!
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I question the need for the newspaper to reveal the fact that he is Malaysian
born-it has totally no relevance to the story.
Should'nt the reporter be charged for revealing SAF training methods under the Official Secrets Act and also for telling the enemy the calibre of our soldiers in handling hand grenades?
malaysia boleh 
There are everyday heroes in Singapore, big or small things which people will regard it as a sign of courage in whatever fields. However, as long as it does not fit the propaganda agenda all these miniscule acts of heroism just stay in people's heart. Most just never get mentioned on media.
It is a fact that he pushed the recruit down and it could have saved his life.
It is a fact that he is courageous enough to do that. How many of us would be able to react like him in that situation?
Bashers should look at the mirror and look at your hideous self before commenting.
It is a fact that he is courageous enough to do that. How many of us would be able to react like him in that situation?
Bashers should look at the mirror and look at your hideous self before commenting.
truely i admire this officer. at least we got some hope that the country will be defended in times of crisis. me mindef reserve soon
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'He has been a very responsible, quick-witted and alert boy since he was young,' said shipyard foreman Kok Hon Kuan, 51
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this kind of stupid father quit malaysia sabo son with NS slavery. If son die then he happy. We dont need such selfish genes to contaminate sg gene pool.
'He has been a very responsible, quick-witted and alert boy since he was young,' said shipyard foreman Kok Hon Kuan, 51
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this kind of stupid father quit malaysia sabo son with NS slavery. If son die then he happy. We dont need such selfish genes to contaminate sg gene pool.
Bro i agree with you!!! as long as the young chap willing to integrate into our society and not keep thinking bout how good his exkampong is and don't practise favourism to his ex kampongmen like those fucking malaysian foreign trash who are holding the management posts in sg. i think we should give him a chance.
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Bro i agree with you!!! why have to reveal he was a malaysian??? I think the newspaper marred the courageous act by making use of his birth place to promote our gov blindly FOREIGN TRASH policy!!!
Bro i agree with you!!! why have to reveal he was a malaysian??? I think the newspaper marred the courageous act by making use of his birth place to promote our gov blindly FOREIGN TRASH policy!!!
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no. I dont agree with you. If the father can sabo his sons with NS slavery , it means the family is one that will smile at you but backstab you in the back. Like father like sons. We dont need such selfish genes to kill sg.
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no. I dont agree with you. If the father can sabo his sons with NS slavery , it means the family is one that will smile at you but backstab you in the back. Like father like sons. We dont need such selfish genes to kill sg.
Yeah man!!! how bout the guy who tried to save those thai workers in the accident at nicoll highway??? in my opinion, we should build a statue beside the collapsed site to commemmorate him for his brave act in saving lifes!!!! by the way, did the gov give any medal to him during national day that year???
It is a fact that he pushed the recruit down and it could have saved his life.
It is a fact that he is courageous enough to do that. How many of us would be able to react like him in that situation?
Bashers should look at the mirror and look at your hideous self before commenting.
Looking from another point, in order to save himself, he had to push the recruit down lest the recruit get in his way while he trying to get to a prone position.
Even hero we need to import!
http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking+News/Singapore/Story/STIStory_278696.html
Sep 15, 2008
Hero
NSF officer wins nation's top award for saving a recruit's life
By Jermyn Chow
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SECOND-LIEUTENANT Kok Khew Fai was overseeing a grenade-throwing exercise earlier this year when he saw one of the live explosives slip through the hand of a recruit.
It landed just 4m away, and the pair had six seconds before it went off.
So, the platoon commander from the Basic Military Training Centre (BMTC) pushed the recruit to the ground and threw himself over him.
The next three seconds were probably the longest of 2nd LT Kok's life.
'My mind was blank, but I was also worried that the recruit was not protected properly,' he said.
The grenade exploded, and while shrapnel flew over their heads, the pair escaped unscathed.
Yesterday, the 20-year-old 2nd Lt Kok became the first full-time national serviceman (NSF) to receive the nation's top award for courage - the SAF Medal for Distinguished Act.
He enters the rarefied turf - already occupied by six others, all regular servicemen - for saving the life of a recruit under his command.
Defence Minister Teo Chee Hean pinned the medal on 2nd Lt Kok's chest and recounted his act of bravery to 263 officer cadets who graduated from the Singapore Armed Forces Officer Cadet School. Mr Teo called 2nd Lt Kok a 'brave and selfless' officer who 'performed his duty resolutely'. He ' led his men into action, and protected them when in danger'.
The proud parents of the newly minted hero were present at yesterday's ceremony. His father said he was not surprised by his son's selfless act.
'He has been a very responsible, quick-witted and alert boy since he was young,' said shipyard foreman Kok Hon Kuan, 51.
But the Kok clan - which includes two other children - was shocked when they first heard six months ago that 2nd Lt Kok came within a hair of losing his life.
On March 8, he was the safety officer supervising a platoon of 50 recruits from BMTC School 1 during a grenade-throwing drill in Pulau Tekong.
They were throwing grenades from a walled-off platform towards the grenade range. Under 2nd Lt Kok's watch, one recruit armed an explosive. But when he went to throw it, the explosive slipped from his hand and landed on the ground behind them.
After spotting the mishap, 2nd Lt Kok threw himself on top of the recruit to shield him from the blast. The high walls of the grenade-throwing bay ensured that both men were not in the direct line of the explosion. But 2nd Lt Kok was exposed and could have been hit by deflected shrapnel, which could go as far as 25m.
He was stunned - but fleetingly - and the exercise was halted as medical personnel tended to him. 'It was only then that I realised I was so close to being killed,' he said.
Both 2nd Lt Kok and the recruit suffered only minor scrapes.
The grenade-throwing exercise is considered an integral part of the three- month basic military training. 'It's a rite of passage for a soldier,' said BMTC School 1 commanding officer Lieutenant-Colonel Loong Tean Yuan.
He said recruits are taught how to throw a grenade and how to react if it lands near them. Only those who are deemed medically and mentally fit can throw grenades. Those with sweaty palms wear specially designed gloves to throw the grenade, he added.
This is only the sixth accident involving a grenade in the 41-year history of national service. One person died in 1970 when a live grenade exploded in his hands.
In two months, 2nd Lt Kok will complete his full-time national service and go on to study aerospace engineering at Nanyang Technological University.
The Malaysia-born officer - he got his Singapore citizenship in May last year - still has not got used to his status as a hero. 'I'm not a hero, I did what I had to do to keep him safe. Everyone else would have done the same thing,' he said.
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Certainly Singaporean won't have necessary balls to do this way.
The last time one Singaporean NSF officer name Tay or Zheng died this way was about 20+ years ago. He saved a recruit who lost his legs.
Malaysia Boleh Now, Singapura Tak Boleh.
Certainly Singaporean won't have necessary balls to do this way.
The last time one Singaporean NSF officer name Tay or Zheng died this way was about 20+ years ago. He saved a recruit who lost his legs.
Malaysia Boleh Now, Singapura Tak Boleh.
I heard about a similar dropped grenade case that happened in the 70s. The CPL/SGT covered it with his helmet and held it down. His sacrifice saved at least 1 life.
It inspired the final episode of 新兵小传.
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