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Chin Joo, RIP
Tan Wah Piow
On October 4, 2016, I was at a pedestrian crossing at London’s famous Bayswater when a stranger tapped my shoulder. “Hi, are you Tan Wah Piow?”
“Yes, “ I replied.
“Hi, I thought so.” We shook hands. “I am Chin Joo, ” he said.
“Oh, what a coincidence.” I was tempted to have a chat with this historical figure and instantly invited him to join us for dinner. Unfortunately, he, too, was rushing to his dinner. He was going to the Mandarin Kitchen, the famous lobster noodles restaurant to the right, while my Four Seasons roast duck restaurant was to the left. Reluctantly we parted
After dinner, I was determined to track him down. Fortuitously, he was still at the Mandarin Restaurant, at least time for a photo opportunity. Hence, this photograph.
Photo: At Bayswater, 4 October 2016 with Lim Chin Joo
We maintained occasional contacts over the years, but could not meet again with the intervention of COVID-19 and his health situation.
Lim Chin Joo is popularly known as the brother of Lim Chin Siong, the legendary hero in the struggle for Singapore's independence. But in his own right, Chin Joo was a patriot whose political life started as a middle school student activist. He, too, contributed to the anti-colonial movement and graduated to become a trade unionist. He shared the fate of many Chinese-educated youths. He suffered imprisonment without trial, first when Singapore was ruled by the British in 1957, and that imprisonment till 1966 after Singapore attained self-rule and subsequent independence. Why did his own government imprison him without trial after the British left? That was the subject I would love to explore.
Despite the interruption to his life, he managed to qualify and practice as a lawyer in Singapore.
That evening, the subject of Chin Joo’s brother Lim Chin Siong, weighed heavily on my mind. This was because within 100 yards of the restaurant where I was dining, Lim Chin Siong once lived and worked during his exile in the 1970s. Arrested without trial in 1963, Lim Chin Siong was exiled to London in 1969 as a condition of his release. The six years of imprisonment from 1963 to his exile greatly affected this national hero's health and well-being.
Chin Joo passed away on 3 October 24 in Singapore, 8 years after our chance meeting. I was privileged to have met him in person.
Chin Joo, RIP
安息吧，清如
陈华彪（“人民论坛”译）
2016年10月4日那天，我在伦敦著名的贝斯沃特（ Baywater）的人行道上，一个陌生人拍了拍我的肩膀。‘嗨，您是陈华彪吗？’
‘是的。’我回答。
‘我想是的。’我们握了手。‘我是林清如’他说。
‘真巧。’我很想和这位历史人物聊聊，并立即邀请他和我们一起吃饭，不幸的是，他也匆匆忙忙地去吃饭。他要去文华大厨，那家著名的龙虾面餐厅在左边，而我们的四季烤鸭餐厅在左边。我们无奈的分开了。
晚餐后，我决定要找到他，幸运的是，他还在文华餐厅，至少一些时间拍照。因此存有这张照片。（见前面照片：清如与我摄于2016年10月4日在英国贝斯霍特（Bayswater））
多年来我偶尔保持联系，但在受到冠状病肆虐期间和他的健康状况无法再次见面。
林清如遍知是林清祥的弟弟。林清祥是新加坡独立斗争中的传奇英雄。但就其本身而言，清如是一位爱国者。他的政治生涯始于中学生活动家。他也为反殖民运动做出了贡献，并在中学毕业后成为一名工会活跃分子。他与新加坡许多受过华文教育的目前热门有着共同的命运。他未经审讯就被监禁。首先，是在1957年英国统治时期时，然后在1959年人民行动党上台。新加坡取得自治邦地位和新加坡脱离马来西亚宣布独立后，他继续被监禁到1966年。
为什么在英国人离开后，当时被新加坡人民通过选票上台的人民行动党政府仍然未经审讯继续监禁他？这就是我很想探索的问题。
尽管他在生活上受到了干扰，但他还是设法在新加坡获得了律师资格开业。
那天晚上，清如的哥哥清祥的话题在我的脑海中显得极其深重。这是因为在我用餐的餐厅，距离林清祥当年流亡伦敦期间曾经生活和工作过的地方就是100码范围内。林清祥是在1963年2月2日代号‘冷藏行动’大逮捕行动中未经审讯被捕者之一。作为释放的条件之一，他在1969年被流放到伦敦。林清祥，新加坡的民族英雄，从1963年到1969年被流放到伦敦，长达6年的未经审讯的监禁极其严重地影响了这位民族英雄的健康和精神。
林清如于2024年10月3日，陪太太赴医院检查时，前往医院的咖啡店喝茶时不幸跌倒流血而与世长辞。
这距离我们俩在伦敦街到上偶遇已经整整8年了。我很荣幸能与他们在他国异乡与他见面。
安息吧，清如。