SINGAPORE - Corporal Kok Yuen Chin, a Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) full-time national serviceman who died during a celebration gone wrong, was well-liked by colleagues for his optimism and determination to push through challenges.
The introverted Melaka native, who was known as "Kok" to his friends, would never give up during exercises and was always smiling, said a batch mate who went through a three-month firefighting course with him in 2016.
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