Chinese-style funeral for late MIC leader

Together in grief: Children and grandchildren gathering at the Chinese-style funeral wake for the late Kaliappan.

KANGAR: Amidst the grieving, there was a sense of inter-racial harmony among those who came to pay their last respects to Perlis MIC deputy chief P. Kaliappan who was given a Chinese-style funeral.

Growing up in Gurun, Kedah, he picked up Teochew and Hokkien and married Tan Paik Lan, now 80.