Survivor: Khoo holding a family photo album at his home in Penang.
GEORGE TOWN: He may be a centenarian, but the haunting memories of World War II are still fresh on Khoo Khek Jin’s mind.
Born in June 1918, Khoo’s relatively peaceful life was disrupted by the arrival of Japanese forces on Malaysian soil.
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