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A grieving family were at their home’s void deck to receive their patriarch’s body for the wake, only to be told by staff of Harmony Funeral Care that his body had already been cremated.
To add to their distress, his send-off was done according to Christian traditions and funeral rites, when the man was a Taoist.
The erroneous act by the funeral home is believed to be the first reported case in Singapore of a wrong body being cremated.
Family members of Mr Kee Kin Tiong, 82, told The Straits Times they were in “great pain” over the mix-up on Monday (Dec 30).
“We feel very regretful that because of this incident, our loved one had to leave this world on his own, without anyone from his family to send him off,” said Mr Kee’s son-in-law, who wanted to be known only as Mr Ho.
“According to our beliefs, it is required that the deceased’s body be allowed to ‘rest’ for a minimum of three days before it is cremated. We weren’t even able to do that for my father-in-law, because of what happened,” he said.
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