of bus driver who ran over tan mingwei found not guilty

London bus driver, Shahriar Firouzian, on trial for careless driving which killed Singaporean student Tan Mingwei has been found not guilty.


Shahriar Firouzian (left) and Tan Mingwei (right)

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Playwright and academic Tan Tarn How has said his family accepts the resolution of the trial of the London bus driver accused of careless driving.

Tan Mingwei Global Community Service Grant

Mingwei was a medical student in Cambridge University when she passed away in an accident in London. She was 20.

Mingwei loved sports and the arts. She represented her junior college in archery during her pre-university years, and won several prizes at international competitions. She was also the President of the Cambridge University Karate Club. She represented the University in karate in many tournaments, and earned a coveted Half Blue, the highest award for the sport at the university. She was also the squash captain of her college, Peterhouse.

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Eulogy by Tan Tarn How, Mingwei’s father. Tan Tarn How is a playwright and senior research fellow at the Institute of Policy Studies (Singapore).