Lim Bo Seng

Lim Bo Seng
Native name	林謀盛
Other name(s)	Tan Choon Lim
Born	(1909-04-27)27 April 1909 Houpu Village, Meilin Town, Nan'an County, Fujian Province, Qing Empire
Died	29 June 1944(1944-06-29) (aged 35) Batu Gajah Prison, Perak, Japanese-occupied Malaya[1]
Buried	Lim Bo Seng Memorial Tomb, MacRitchie Reservoir Park 1°20′31.76″N 103°49′50.6″E / 1.3421556°N 103.830722°E / 1.3421556; 103.830722
Allegiance	Singapore Special Operations Executive Allies of World War II
Service/branch	Force 136
Years of service	1942–1944
Rank	Major-General (awarded posthumously by the Republic of China)
Unit	Force 136
Battles/wars	Operation Gustavus
Memorials	Lim Bo Seng Memorial, Esplanade Park
Alma mater	Raffles Institution University of Hong Kong
Spouse(s)	Gan Choo Neo ​ (m. 1930⁠–⁠1944)​
Children	4 sons and 4 daughters
Relations	Lim Loh (father) Png Bor Tan (mother) Lim Teck Yin (grandson)
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	林謀盛
Simplified Chinese	林谋盛
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Lín Móushèng Southern Min Hokkien POJ Lîm Bô͘-sēng

Lim Bo Seng (Chinese: 林谋盛; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Lîm Bô͘-sēng; pinyin: Lín Móushèng; 27 April 1909 – 29 June 1944) was a Chinese resistance fighter based in Singapore and Malaya during World War II. Prior to the outbreak of World War II, he was a prominent businessman among the overseas Chinese community in Singapore and Malaya. Following the outbreak of the Second Sino-Japanese War in 1937, he participated in fund-raising activities to assist the war effort in China and boycott Japanese goods. After Singapore fell to the Japanese in 1942, Lim fled to India, where he joined Force 136, a Sino-British guerrilla task force backed by the Special Operations Executive, to carry out espionage, sabotage and reconnaissance operations in Japanese-occupied Malaya. In 1944, he was captured by Japanese forces in Malaya and ultimately died in prison due to torture and ill-treatment. After the war, his remains were transported back to Singapore and buried near MacRitchie Reservoir. He is remembered as a war hero in contemporary Singapore and the Lim Bo Seng Memorial at Esplanade Park was constructed in 1954 to commemorate him.