Elizabeth Choy Su-Mei OBE (Chinese: 蔡杨素梅, born Yong Su Mei, 29 November 1910 - 14 September 2006) was a Hakka Chinese born in Kudat, Sabah in North Borneo. During World War II during the Japanese occupation of Singapore she was imprisoned for 200 days. She was a recognized war hero in Singapore. Following the war she joined the Legislative Council in 1951, the first and only woman to have ever done so. She also posed nude for two sculptures, … Wikipedia
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