リー・シェンロンのインスタグラム(leehsienloong) - 8月25日 22時36分

Accompanied Japanese PM @shinzo.abe and Mrs Abe to pay respects to the late Mr S R Nathan at Parliament House today. PM Abe was stopping over in Singapore en route to Kenya.

In his condolence letter, PM Abe expressed his respect and gratitude for Mr Nathan’s act of courage during the Laju hijacking.

In the 1974, four terrorists hijacked a ferry, the Laju, and took the crew hostage. After eight days of negotiations, they finally agreed to release the hostages in exchange for safe passage out of Singapore. Mr Nathan led a delegation of 12 Singapore officials as guarantors to accompany the hijackers to Kuwait.
Fortunately the incident ended well with no casualties. But it was a serious and harrowing encounter, and Mr Nathan clearly showed his mettle in the face of uncertainty and danger.
As President, Mr Nathan made a State Visit to Japan in 2009. There he met the victims of the Hiroshima atomic bomb, the first foreign Head of State to do so. PM Abe mentioned this to Mrs Nathan just now. It meant a lot to Japan.

Grateful to PM Abe and Mrs Abe for attending Mr Nathan’s lying in state. May we build on Mr Nathan’s legacy to bring our bilateral relations to greater heights. – LHL

#RememberingSRNathan (MCI Photo by Betty Chua)

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