Najib pays last respects to widow of former MCA President

KUALA LUMPUR: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak today paid his last respects to the late Toh Puan Catherine Lim Cheng Neo, 95, the widow of former MCA President Tun Tan Siew Sin, at the Xiao En Memorial Centre in Cheras, here.

Najib arrived at the centre at 8.20am and spent about 20 minutes there paying his last respects and meeting Lim's family members.

Among those present were Transport Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai, International Trade and Industry Minister II Datuk Seri Ong Ka Chuan and MCA Wanita head Datuk Heng Seai Kie.

Lim's second daughter, Datin Paduka Tan Siok Choo, said her mother died from a heart attack at about 8.30pm on Tuesday at the National Heart Institute.

she said her mother's remains would be brought to Malacca to allow relatives and friends to pay their last respects before the final Christian burial next to her late husband.

Tun Tan Siew Sin was Finance Minister for 15 years from 1959 to 1974 and MCA president from 1961 until 1974 before resigning from the government and party because of health problems. He died in 1988 at the age of 71. — Bernama