ARMY CORPORAL LIM HWEE HUA, 23, WALKED OUT OF THE FRONT DOOR OF A BESIEGED HOUSE IN JALAN KUKUS, UPPER THOMSON, ALONE AND UNARMED - ENDING A 30-HOUR DRAMA DURING WHICH HE KEPT SCORES OF POLICEMEN AND SOLDIERS AT BAY WITH AN ARMALITE RIFLE AND PUT THE LIVES OF A YOUNG MOTHER AND HER TWO-MONTH OLD BABY IN PERILOUS BALANCE FOR THE WHOLE DAY. BLOOD OOZED OUT OF HIS RIGHT ARM FROM A WOUND INFLICTED BY A COMMANDO SHARPSHOOTER A LITTLE EARLIER, BUT OTHERWISE CORPORAL LIM IN A RED T-SHIRT AND GREEN ARMY TROUSERS, LOOKED NONE THE WORSE FOR THE GRIM SAGA HE HAD JUST LIVED THROUGH. PICTURE SHOWS A SINGAPORE ARMED FORCES COMMANDO COMFORTING CORPORAL LIM MOMENTS AFTER HE GAVE HIMSELF UP.
20/01/1977
PCD0472 - 0050
SPH2005,010948-010977/16A
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