Toh: Chinese can excel in the army


Mejar-Jen Datuk Toh Choon Siang.-Starpic

KOTA SAMARAHAN: Career army officer Mejar-Jen Datuk Toh Choon Siang has notched up one achievement after another since enlisting straight out of school in 1977.

He is currently the commander of the 1st Infantry Division based here – the third non-Malay and first Chinese to hold the post.

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