View source for Fred Cheong (Ven. Tenzin Drachom)

{{Infobox person
| image              = Tenzin Drachom.jpg
| birth_date         = 1964
| birth_place        = Singapore
| other names        = Tenzin Drachom
| spouse             = Cyndi Yee (m. 1992 - 2012)
}}

Fred Cheong (born 1964) is a former Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) military regular, where he served in the commando formation under the Special Operations Forces (SOF) unit.<ref name=":0">Mahmud, Aqil Haziq. “[https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/special-forces-storm-hijack-singapore-airlines-monk-fred-cheong-11279702 As a Special Forces soldier, he stormed a hijacked Singapore Airlines plane. Now he's a monk]”. ''Channel News Asia.'' March 3, 2019. Accessed on 27 November 2020.</ref> In 1991, he was part of the SOF unit that conducted a hostage rescue operation during the hijacking of the Singapore Airlines SQ117 flight. A fully ordained monk since 2017, he now goes by the name of Venerable Tenzin Drachom.<ref name=":2">“[https://www.fpmtabc.org/resources_orien.php Orientation]”. ''Amitabha Buddhist Centre.'' n.d. Accessed on 27 November 2020.</ref>