Site #2: Lim Bo Seng Memorial

The reason I am bringing the Lim Bo Seng memorial to you is because he was a great war hero. In 1942 to 1945, he took part actively in the fight against the Japanese, he also had a comrade by the name of Tan Chong Tee. When Lim Bo Seng was captured by the Japanese and severely tortured by them, he still refused to let out any information about the anti-Japanese. Instead, he protested against the ill-treatment of his comrades in prison. At last, he died due to illness in the early hours on June 29, 1944 and buried behind the Batu Gajah prison compound in an unmarked spot. In order to let Singaporeans remember Lim Bo Seng for always, the memorial was built on the 29 of June 1954.