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Not many people can live to be a hundred years old. But for
Private Ujang Mormin, he didn’t just live a century, he survived a war, battled through a pandemic, and died a hero. More affectionately known as
Tok Ujang, legendary stories of the World War II veteran span all the way back to the 1940s, where he had fought side by side with
Lt Adnan Saidi, also another celebrated war hero, during the Battle of Pasir Panjang in Singapore.
100-year-old Tok Ujang dies of COVID-19 complications
The Star reported this morning that Tok Ujang had passed away at Sungai Buloh Hospital yesterday evening. He tested positive for COVID-19 last month on
SEREMBAN, MALAYSIA - The last surviving veteran of the Battle of Pasir Panjang, Private Ujang Mormin, died of Covid-19 at the Sungai Buloh Hospital in Selangor at 5.05pm on Tuesday (Feb 9), almost exactly 79 years after the Japanese empire executed the final stage of its invasion of Singapore during World War II.
Pte Ujang was 100 years old and his grand-niece, Ms Lailawati Jamil, 59, confirmed his death to Bernama news agency when contacted on Tuesday.
Pte Ujang was admitted to the Sungai Buloh Hospital on Jan 26 after testing positive for Covid-19. Four days before his death, his condition turned critical. He had, prior to this, expressed his longing to meet relatives and friends, as if he knew the time had come, but due to the current Covid-19 situation, we could not visit him, Ms Lailawati said.