For close to a year, he thought his only son was responsible for the accident that took his life.
When The New Paper told him that the motorcyclist, who was then 35, was an innocent victim, Mr Liow Chwee Hor broke down.
The 69-year-old said: “I feel extremely sad and hurt knowing that my son has died for nothing.”
Mr Liow Yong Seng was killed in a nine-vehicle pile-up in June last year, caused by a motorist who braked abruptly on the Pan-Island Expressway (PIE) to raise both his middle fingers to another motorcyclist.
The driver, Pang Chon Seng, 52, was sentenced earlier this month to four months’ jail for reckless driving and disqualified from driving for four years.
Mr Liow still sends text messages to his son’s mobile number regularly in the hope that his son would be able to “read” them.
Asked if he will forgive Pang for causing the accident that took his son’s life, Mr Liow said it was pointless to hate.
“I can forgive him or hate him but it will never bring my son back to life.”
Source: www.tnp.sg
