

Ms Oh told The Straits Times in a 2013 interview that she began singing getai to earn money for her school fees at a polytechnic so she could lighten her father's financial burden. She was always punctual for events and would make an effort to learn the songs she needed to sing." Mr Tan said: "She was humble and soft-spoken. He hired her to perform in a getai show at a clan association event and was impressed by her talent but even more so by her sense of responsibility. Mr Tan, 54, met Ms Oh, who was born in Malaysia but studied in Singapore at the age of 16, in 2015 when her family friend introduced her as a singer. "She tried to save him without thinking twice about her own safety.


Mr Edwin Tan, an events organiser who has worked with Ms Oh, a part-time getai singer, told The New Paper yesterday: "You can tell that she loves her boyfriend a lot. Mr Long and four other men in the white BMW M4 Coupe were pronounced dead at the scene, said the police, adding that the car was believed to have been speeding.Ī short video also shows the car travelling at high speed just before it crashed. When the speeding car driven by Mr Jonathan Long, 29, burst into flames after ramming into a vacant shophouse in Tanjong Pagar Road in the early hours of Saturday, Ms Raybe Oh Siew Huey, 26, did not hesitate to try to save him.īut her bravery has left her in critical condition with severe burns to 80 per cent of her body in the intensive care unit of the Singapore General Hospital. As she fights for her life in hospital, her courageous attempt to save her boyfriend from a blazing car has left a deep impression on those who know her.
