‘We want to fly, just like dad’


Sad reminder: Scott standing next to one of his father's motorcycles while his brother Melvic and mothe Loi look on at their house in Sri Carcosa.

SEREMBAN: Brothers Melvic and Scott Choo who lost their father Captain Eugene Choo Jin Leong in the MH17 tragedy will not give up on their ambitions to become pilots.

Melvic, who is a student at St Paul’s Institution here, said he aspired to fly a commercial aircraft just like his father, who was with MAS for 24 years until the July 17 incident.

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