TANJONG MALIM, Oct 6 — Time may have passed, but the image of the late former Perak police chief Tan Sri Khoo Chong Kong as a loving father and a firm, courageous police officer remains vivid for his daughter, Datin Rita Koo Swee Kim.

Rita, 78, said a pantomime performance held in conjunction with the official opening of the Muallim District Police Headquarters (IPD) today rekindled memories of her father, nearly 51 years after his death, leaving her deeply moved.

“I was 25 at the time and living in Seremban (Negeri Sembilan) after getting married. I received a call from a police officer telling me that something had happened to my father, but I was given no further details.

“When we heard the news, my husband and I rushed back to Ipoh to see my father and find out what had happened to him. He had been attacked with a weapon. I’m really touched that the Royal Malaysia Police, especially the Perak police, still remember him after all these years,” she said when met here today.