RIP: REC Liam Kai Zheng - Tekong 22 May 2009

last SG · 2009-05-24T18:08:36+00:00

Shayn is right.Everyone has his own thinking and speak what come to their own mind because of his own experience and what he heard, so dont take it personal...

unclebutcher SG

AN ARMY recruit leaving Pulau Tekong on a ferry on Thursday night after booking out of camp became delirious during the journey to the mainland.

After Mr Liam Kai Zheng, 19, got off the boat at the Singapore Armed Forces’ ferry terminal in Changi, he was taken in an ambulance to the Changi General Hospital, where he died nine hours later on Friday morning.

Paramedics had found him unconscious at the foyer of the terminal with an abnormally high pulse rate and temperature. The cause of death is still being determined.

Mr Liam had recently completed a four-day field camp before checking out of the Basic Military Training Centre in Pulau Tekong on Thursday night.

The junior college graduate, whom friends said enlisted last month, was said to be ‘soft-spoken but very cheerful’. Said one of them: ‘He…had a smile on, no matter what he was doing.’

baikachuchu SG

Rest in peace Rec Liam.

Is he in PES C bmt or has the normal field camp length been reduced down to 4 days only?My time was 7 days but I have not been keeping up with change in the training programme eversince.Last I heard was that it was reduced to 6 days with 1 day FIBUA training.

The spade of deaths of regulars recently and now an NSF is starting to become worrying.

Resentment SG

RIP , REC Liam , you will always be remembered as a singapore armed forces soldier.

eagle SG

CNA forums got pple say is pontianak

Another recruit killed by Pontianak in Tekong

unclebutcher SG

Rest in peace Rec Liam.

The spade of deaths of regulars recently and now an NSF is starting to become worrying.

pes c

snk86 SG

RIP dude.

the death cause seems interesting thou, sounds to me like a acute infection. some pathogen he is particularly weak in got him during outfield?

gd4u SG

Scarely is soil infection, then i will wonder what will happen to trainings in Tekong next time ....

Man!x SG

Rest In Peace.

KaurexO_o SG

Rest in peace

youyayu SG

poor guy..

rest in peace.

shit the SAF _!_

Forbiddensinner SG

Scarely is soil infection, then i will wonder what will happen to trainings in Tekong next time ....

Odds are they will move it to some other part of tekong, as they try to 'clean' up the parts which are infected.

Personally, I don't think it is soil infection, if it is, why is he the only one infected?

Maybe Rec Liam has Lung problems or something like that and breathe in something wrong, and that is why he ended up R.I.P.

On the otherhand, I don't mean to sound mean, but I got this feeling that he already had the fever before he leave tekong, but he didn't want to end up staying in the medical center for a day more, so he kept quiet and book out with the rest.

Also, his buddies probably didn't keep a good lookout for him, othewise they should have notice that something is wrong him.

Anyway, rest in peace, Rec Liam.

nightzip SG

Rest in peace, Rec. Liam.

My condolences. The case surrounding it is abit of a mystery, especially after field camp. And the talk of being delirious and an abnormally high pulse rate and temperature.
Looks to me like infection or severe heat exhaustion, but do not know if he have excessive perspiration.

His parents must be very sad as Rec.Liam was a JC student, he has a bright future ahead of him and a seat in univ. His parents must have been very proud of him.

R.I.P.

LazerLordz SG

It's always sad to see someone go, especially one still with so much ahead.

RIP..

Xelement SG

RIP, cannot seem to find this piece of news at mindef or CNA website..

unclebutcher SG

RIP, cannot seem to find this piece of news at mindef or CNA website..

why would mindef announce it? straits times website.

Xelement SG

why would mindef announce it? straits times website.

hmm dat time a regular died they announced

gd4u SG

This morning, Sunday Times say he died of internal bleeding. He had several nose bleeds b4 bookout. But just given Att B ...

Forbiddensinner SG

This morning, Sunday Times say he died of internal bleeding. He had several nose bleeds b4 bookout. But just given Att B ...

The MO is in VERY deep shit this time round.

MINIGUN2000 SG

nose bleeds???att b???att b can still run nowadays or not??hey!!!he even visit the mo??which camp??is it the older camp ?>?

i think one of them scared my socks off at night when i was asleep.

rip.

Shayn SG

Hi guys i am the victim cousin and i am here to clear all the doubts, and the facts. The very first post is extracted from Straits Time, and is very ambiguous. Sunday Times, said that his given adminstrative works, make it seems like very light duty or doing office work, but the fact is, his doing fatigue work. Wan Bao and Xin Min said as if he was given medical off, but the fact is their platoon was given a half day off, the day off is not because of any medical reason. The media are just trying to make it seems like is an accident, but actually is not. If their thing is a fact how come every piece of news not tally?

Due to their negligence they cause my cousin death. My cousin had shown the symptoms of heat stroke before his death, but they just take it very lightly. Before heat stroke happen, there is lots of sign of heat exhaustion. It don't comes suddenly. How can you expect a newly enlisted recruit, to voice out, if that incharge presented himself so tyrantly. The fear has subconsiously instilled into them. And where is the special attention that he needed because his Pes C and obese?

So what are the preventive measures that they have done? Every Tekong recruits life are now at stake, if they are under this few saddist specs and officer.