Lim Lian Geok - the Great Defender of Chinese Education in Malaysia

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An extraordinary man in our Chinese community had passed away on 18 December 1985. Remarkable by all standard, he was not a high-ranking Government official, nor was he a millionaire. However, the number of people turned up at his funeral was a record. For days, our Malaysian Chinese from the entire left their work behind, and rushed to the Selangor Chinese Assembly Hall to pay him their last respect. The funeral cortege was more than a mile long.

Every year near around the same time, members of the Chinese community turn up at his burial ground to worship him. By now, the date itself bears another meaning -- it is also celebrated among members of the Chinese community as the Chinese Education Day.

This great soul is Mr Lim Lian Geok. He is no Tun, Tan Sri or whatever Datuk at all.

Mr Lim was an ordinary teacher. After the Second World War, he took on the mission to defend ethnic rights of the Chinese. During his eight-year tenure as Jiao Zong’s Chairman, Mr Lim faced with blow after blow made on Chinese education in this country, never gave way, even in the face of death threat, bribery and temptation.

With Mr Lim at the helm, the Chinese community stood firm to reject all unreasonable policies, saving Malaysian Chinese schools from the fate of extinction. Mr Lim's citizenship was stripped by the Umno-led BN federal government at the instigation of MCA leaders.

Mr Lim will always be remembered for his integrity, courage and righteousness. He is identified as the Ethnic Soul, because of the examples he has set for the Chinese community in Malaysia.

We now strongly urge the the Umno-led BN federal government to immediately restore the citizenship of our late Mr Lim Lian Geok and demand the MCA to publicly apologize to the family of the late Mr Lim for their instigation and role in having his citizenship stripped.

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