Why, a reader wrote to the Straits Times to ask, was Ong Teng Cheong (President of Singapore 1993 – 1999) not likewise given a state funeral when he died in February 2002?
That is a lot of bullcrap. OTC was offered a state funeral. His family probably sore either from Mrs OTC not getting one or from the way OTC left office, refused it. Guan and Boon in one masterstroke gave tons of ammunition to all you armchair critics who will forever say they declined just to save face.
