RI, RJC alumni mourn and pay tribute to former schoolmate-turned-doctor fatally shot by protestors in South Africa

Teoh Kar Hao, 40, was on a family holiday with his wife and two-year-old son when he was fatally shot on Aug 3 by protestors after he reportedly took a wrong turn while driving from Cape Town International Airport and entered an area near the airport where a taxi drivers' strike had taken place.

According to this profile on professional networking platform LinkedIn, Teoh studied in RI and RJC from 1996 to 2001 before he moved to the United Kingdom, where he obtained a medical degree from the University of Edinburgh and continued to live and work. Former classmates, schoolmates, friends and colleagues of Teoh have since left messages paying tribute to him and offering condolences to his family on the site.

“He will be extremely missed by all of us back here in Singapore,” wrote Mr Siew, who said he and Teoh were classmates in RI before becoming student councillors at RJC. “Kar Hao was taken away from us at the prime of his life. He had just moved into his new home, which he was so proud of,“ wrote Mr Wong.

Mr Tan also said that Teoh would always make it a priority to meet up when he was back in Singapore despite how short or rushed his trip might be.Ms Carol Khoo, who said she was the form teacher of Teoh in Secondary 1 and 2, added that she remembers Teoh as “being a very polite and diligent boy”.

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