'Spy in a cheongsam' Blossom Wong dies at 88 By Alyaa Alhadjri

Malaysiakini : Known as the “Malaysian spy in a cheongsam”, retired Special Branch officer “Blossom” Wong Kooi Fong passed away today at the age of 88. The former 1960s undercover agent died at Kuala Lumpur Hospital from a stroke caused by a brain haemorrhage, said her daughter, Dr Christina Blossom Welch, to Malaysiakini.

“She was absolutely fine yesterday. We brought her to the emergency department yesterday morning, and she passed away earlier this morning.

“It was all very fast and unexpected. I was with her when she started to feel unwell, I was with her in the ambulance, and I was with her this morning,” said Christina. She said a wake for her mother will be held on May 3 and 4 at Nirvana 2, Kuala Lumpur, followed by a funeral on May 5.

Born in Sungai Besi, Kuala Lumpur, Wong retired from the police force in 1993 after 36-and-a-half years of service, at the time leading the Sexual Violence, Child Abuse, and Domestic Violence Investigation Division at Bukit Aman under Inspector-General of Police Hanif Omar.

Her nickname, Blossom, derived from her childhood hobby of planting flowers, was used as an alias early in her career while conducting surveillance to gather intelligence on communist activities.

According to a 2024 article by entertainment portal Juice, other highlights of Wong’s career include her role in leading some of the earliest anti-vice operations to rescue underage girls trapped by local prostitution rings.

Mano : Death only removes the physical presence of a person but the good memories of that person lingers on in our minds. May your soul rest in peace. The issue is some segments of society are SO UNPATRIOTIC that they think others are like them. 

When we see blatant corruption, misuse of power and positions to enrich themselves, their families and cronies, what can we think?? Are not those acts of theirs truly undermining the country ( the poor getting poorer but their elites live here and in the west with opulence). 

Is that patriotic?? They skillfully deliberately raise racial issues like pig farming, etc etc to fan racial murmuring-- that is patriotic and adheres to Rukun Negara? They show themselves to be totally disrespectful of the 3R themselves but claim the NM will undermine the country??

Veteran 1972 : Without the Type C infiltrating the CPM, you think we could have defeated the insurgency, oops I meant the "Cessation of Hostilities", which the Umno led government conveniently reneged upon, to suit their agenda?

Mazhilamani : Proud of what Puan Wong Kooi Fong did for the country at the risk of her own life. There were indeed Chinese who fought the Communist and there must be many such persons. 

Not the way it is narrated now. Thanks Puan, and may you find the well deserved Rest and Peace in the arms of the Divine.

Relieved : What an achievement to make the nation proud. I recall the days when there were many NMs leading important departments. Sikhs who were chief inspectors, Indians leading medical disciplines, etc. Which politician was most instrumental in ethnic cleansing of key appointments?

flyingeagle : Will the malays the fanatics recognise the non malays strong contribution to Malaysia?