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SINGAPORE: It was a quiet Tuesday morning (November 6th) at Woodlands Estate. Full-time national soldier Liu Kai, who has died in the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF), was surrounded by a family and grieving friends. planned at the Mandai Crematorium.
Corporal First Class (CFC) Liu, 22, died Saturday as a result of a training accident involving a Bionix vehicle.
He was driving a Land Rover during an exercise in Jalan Murai's training area when a Bionix vehicle entered his vehicle.
The wake of the CFC Liu passed through a block and multipurpose room, where at least 50 chairs had been set up for a memorial service.
CFC's mother Liu Kai being supported by her daughter while her hearse goes to the Mandai Crematorium. (Photo: Marcus Mark Ramos)
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Before the start of the service, CFC Liu's family had gathered around her casket. Her mother, now helped out of her wheelchair, looked at her son and cried uncontrollably.
At present, a small crowd had gathered at the nearby block. One of them was the crane operator William Mah, who had declared to live there and come to pay homage to him.
"Of course, it's very sad," said the 58-year-old. "This kind of thing should not happen."
Family, friends and camp companions gathered to fire CFC Liu Kai. (Photo: Marcus Mark Ramos)
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Soon, dozens of members of the Afghan security forces wearing black uniforms and armbands, some with their hands clasped in front of them, solemnly left the hall. Inside, there was almost no room left.
After the participants sang a soothing song of Chinese gospel, a man holding a Bible raised his hand and prayed before closing the coffin.
Then the SAF carriers took the Singapore flag-covered casket to a white hearse and greeted it, while the family members watched and sobbed under a crowd of black umbrellas.
As the hearse exited the car park, family members stood at the back and the cries of CFC Liu's mother became stronger and stronger.
The CFC hearse Liu Kai is escorted on arrival at the Mandai Crematorium on November 6, 2018. (Photo: Howard Law)
At the crematorium, the hearse slowly stopped behind a military band, surrounded by hundreds of soldiers lining the alley and bowing.
The coffin was transported to a service room where a ceremony was held in private.
On Monday, family members described CFC Liu as a kind and warm boy who wanted to go on a mission to Thailand to help those in need.
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