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Ujang Mormin, who fought in historic Battle of Pasir Panjang, dies after contracting COVID-19
World War II veteran Private Ujang Mormin died at the Sungai Buloh Hospital in Selangor on Feb 9, 2021, after contracting COVID-19. (Photo: Bernama)
11 Feb 2021 04:12PM (Updated:
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SEREMBAN, Malaysia: World War II veteran Ujang Mormin, who fought alongside war hero Lieutenant Adnan Saidi in the historic Battle of Pasir Panjang, died in Malaysia on Tuesday (Feb 9) after contracting COVID-19.
He was 100.
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Affectionately known as Tok Ujang, he served as an army private with the First Battalion of the Royal Malay Regiment (1 RAMD), after joining the British army in 1939. In 1941, he was deployed to British military fort Gap Ridge in Singapore.
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.
Family could not visit him because of Covid-19 situation
On Tuesday, Feb. 9, Ujang Mormin passed away at the age of 100 at the Sungei Buloh hospital in Selangor, nearly 79 years after he fought in the battle on Feb. 14 in 1942.
He had been admitted to hospital after testing positive for the virus on Jan. 26, 2021.
His condition subsequently became critical four days prior to his death.
Ujang s granddaughter, Lailawati Jamil, added that the family had been unable to visit as a result of the Covid-19 situation.
She said, 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.