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Long-serving ex-AG Tan Boon Teik dies, aged 83
He became AG at the age of 39
Published on Mar 12, 2012
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Mr Tan's wife, Sook Yee (left), speaking to Professor Kishore Mahbubani and his wife, Anne, at her husband's wake on Sunday. -- ST PHOTO: NURIA LING
By K. C. Vijayan, Law Correspondent
Singapore's longest-serving Attorney-General, Mr Tan Boon Teik, has died at the age of 83.
His daughter Sui Lin said he collapsed on Saturday morning after suffering from internal bleeding.
'His death came as a shock and was very sudden,' she said.
Background story
Mr Tan had also been suffering from Parkinson's Disease for the last 15 years.
Long-serving ex-AG Tan Boon Teik dies, aged 83
He became AG at the age of 39
Published on Mar 12, 2012
Purchase this article for republication
Buy SPH photos
Mr Tan's wife, Sook Yee (left), speaking to Professor Kishore Mahbubani and his wife, Anne, at her husband's wake on Sunday. -- ST PHOTO: NURIA LING
By K. C. Vijayan, Law Correspondent
Singapore's longest-serving Attorney-General, Mr Tan Boon Teik, has died at the age of 83.
His daughter Sui Lin said he collapsed on Saturday morning after suffering from internal bleeding.
'His death came as a shock and was very sudden,' she said.
Background story
Mr Tan had also been suffering from Parkinson's Disease for the last 15 years.
