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Corporal First Class (CFC) Liu Kai was a sociable and hard-working student, said teacher trainer at Presbyterian High School.
The 22-year-old full-time national serviceman died last Saturday after a Bionix armored vehicle turned into a Land Rover Jalan Murai training area.
Mr Yann Wong, 36, who taught CFC Liu physics for two years from Secondary 3,
CFC Liu participated in the school band, of which Mr Wong was in charge. He played the flute.
"He was an above-average student, worked hard and made it to Nanyang Junior College," said Mr. Wong, who attended CFC's Liu's wake yesterday at a Housing Board block in Woodlands Crescent.
He added that CFC Liu had been in touch with his classmates through the years.
"He was quite a quiet boy, but he was quite sociable." He said, "They have a class gathering," Mr Wong said. "Like every kid his age, he was a bit mischievous at times."
He also said CFC Liu blended right with the other students.
<! – CFC Liu, said to be a Singapore permanent resident, hailed from China. His body arrived at the wake at about 7pm last evening.
A memorial service started at 8pm and lasted for an hour. The service is conducted in Mandarin.
According to eulogies delivered during the service, CFC Liu came to Singapore when he was in primary school, and was committed to living and growing up here.
About 80 people attended the service, including his family, forming schoolmates and members of his church.
CFC Liu's father, mother and two elder sisters were present. They declined to speak to reporters.
CFC Liu, a transport operator from the Singapore Armed Forces Transport Hub West, was posthumously awarded the rank of CFC.
Following his accident, an army-wide safety timeout
The Defense Ministry said the investigation is ongoing, and an independent Committee of Inquiry will be convened to investigate the circumstances leading to the incident.
The fatal incident last Saturday is the third national service training-related death in 14 months.
CFC Dave Lee died from heat injuries following an 8km fast march in April, while third Sergeant Gavin Chan was killed during an overseas exercise in Australia last September when the Bionix tank was overturned on a steep embankment.
The SAF had an average of about one NS training-related death a year over the past two decades.
There were no NS training deaths from 2013 to 2016, said Defense Minister Ng Eng Hen in May.
In his ministry to the House, Dr. Ng had stressed the need for SAF to "make zero training deaths the norm".
This article was first published in The Straits Times. Permission required for reproduction.
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