A former Singapore police officer who slipped into a coma after a motorcycle accident in Bali over the Easter weekend has passed away.

Air-lifted to Singapore

Mirkhan Ariffin, 43, died on on Thursday, April 5 morning, hours after he was air-lifted from the Sanglah General Hospital in Bali's capital Denpasar to the Singapore General Hospital.

His passing was reported by Berita Harian.

The decision was made to take him off life support.

What happened

Mirkhan had been in Bali on holiday with his wife, Nadine Sulastri, also 43, when the accident occurred on March 31, Sunday.

It was reported that villagers there said Mirkhan who was riding the motorcycle with his wife as pillion, were thrown off the vehicle after braking hard as they had hit a dog on mountainous road.

He suffered a fractured neck and right collar bone as well as four broken ribs and slipped into a coma following surgery, while his wife escaped with minor skin injuries.

Crowdfunding to bring him back to Singapore

An online appeal on crowdfunding platform GoFundMe managed to raised a total of US$122,433 for Mirkhan's treatment and airlift back to Singapore.

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Family's reaction

His three daughters, who live in Australia, flew back to be with their father.

One of them, Sorfinah Mirkhan, 19, posted a series of tweets after her father was taken to the hospital to the moment he was taken off life support.

https://twitter.com/narajlee/status/981906561122496512

https://twitter.com/narajlee/status/981928208332238849

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