House fire victim just bought a guitar a day before he died


Sombre moment: Tan with his cousins paying their respects in front of the photos of Yong Wei (left) and Yong Liang’s coffins at the Mak Mandin Funeral Parlour in Butterworth.

BUTTERWORTH: Form Five student Lim Yong Wei, who was killed in a house fire along with his parents and brother in Subang Jaya, had just bought a new guitar but sadly, he will never get the chance to enjoy it.

The 17-year-old had shared his excitement on getting the guitar by posting a video clip about it on his Facebook page on Sunday, a day before the fire took his life along with his elder brother Yong Liang, 20, father Lim Ah Kok, 58, and mother Goh Bee Khim, 51.

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