GEORGE TOWN: Barely two weeks after his 72-year-old father died of cancer, Tanjung MCA Youth chief Lim Swee Bok suffered another tragic loss when his entire family perished in a fire which gutted his two-storey house in Pintasan Cecil 5 here. Swee Bok, 36, who works as an engineer at a factory in Bayan Lepas, was said to have been at work at the time of the incident. Show of support: Swee Bok (centre) with Chong (second from left) and Tan (right) outside the Penang Hospital mortuary. “No words can truly describe the tragic loss of Lim Swee Bok’s family. Swee Bok was seen at the Penang Hospital mortuary with MCA Youth chief Datuk Chong Sin Woon, Penang MCA chairman Datuk Tan Teik Cheng and other state MCA and Gerakan leaders.

Source: The Star November 15, 2017 23:03 UTC