He was hospitalised and in a coma in
the intensive care unit of a hospital in Tanjung Pinang, Bintan.
Known for his bold and humurous
political cartoons, this Singapore-born cartoonist began drawing for the
Sinagpore Herald, a local nespaper in 1970. He was bold enough to draw our
first Prime Minister, Lee Kuan Yew (LKY in short abbreviation known to local
residents) and his political caricatures and published them in the Singapore
Herald. During that time, our Government (you should know who) didn’t like the
political drawings and the newspaper was forced to close in 1971. After many
years, he actually received a thank you letter in 2009 from LKY for drawing and
depicting him and his wife in his books.
Chua’s publications include
Tiananmen: My Singapore; Divercity Singapore: A Cartoon History of Immigration;
and In Memory of Madam Kwa Geok Choo 1920-2010. He also illustrated for the
late president S.R. Nathan’s 50 Stories From My Life.
In 2014, Epigram published his
sketches of LKY: Political Cartoons. Chua was featured in a video posted by
Epigram, explaining his reasons for compiling his sketches: ‘I grew up in his
era. I think Lee Kuan Yew must have a lighter side (to) his life. That’s why I
produced this book for him and the people of Singapore, to know the human side
of Lee Kuan Yew.”
Many of his books can still be found
in many bookstores in this country today.
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