Family and friends say farewell to snatch theft victim
BY ZUHRIN AZAM AHMADJOHOR BARU: They were too young to understand what was happening around them when funeral parlour workers in Jalan Ngee Heng here were making preparations to cremate their mother, Chong Fee Cheng.
In fact, four-year-old Tan Soo Wei and his three-year-old sister Li Ping were running around the casket. At times, they would stop and peek into the coffin, smile and look at each other and laugh before continuing to run around.
No one, including their father Tan Fook Yee and uncle Fook Choon, tried to stop them, knowing that it would be the young siblings' last chance to be with their mother.
Tan said at the funeral yesterday he didn't know how his children would face the coming days without their mother.
“I don’t think they even know that their mother is not around any more.
Chong, an administration clerk at Nanyang Siang Pau's Johor bureau here, died on Monday without regaining consciousness after slipping into a coma from severe head injuries sustained when she fell on the road when two motorcyclists snatched her bag.
She and Tan were crossing a
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Soo Wei and sister Li Ping at the funeral of their mother Chong Fee Cheng in Johor Baru. |
Tan said his children might not be badly affected by Chong's demise because they were living with his mother Woo Choo Eng in Taiping.
“I hope so. Otherwise, I wouldn’t know how to explain to them that their mother is no longer around.
“It will be even harder for me to explain how their mother died,” he said.
Tan, a supervisor at a printing factory here, said the siblings had been living with their grandmother since they were born.
Chong’s remains were cremated at the Persatuan Tionghua Johor Baru crematorium and her ashes will be placed at the columbarium there.
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Tan looking at a picture of his wife which his son, Soo Wei, is holding. |
Ooi described Chong as a helpful person who would not hesitate to offer to work extra hours. “She was actually recalled on that Saturday and we are all very sad by what happened,” he said.
Ooi said the newspaper has prepared a hotline (07-3332764), which the public could call to share their ideas to help fight snatch thefts.
“From the information, we will also publish from day to day the areas where snatch thefts are rampant so the public will be extra careful when they are there,” he said.
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