Singaporean's poetic obituary for late dad touches netizens

Ong Tiong Yeow with his mother, Han, and his daughter, Andromeda. Madam Han is holding a wedding portrait of herself and the late Ong Peck Lye. The obituary written by the younger Ong has received thousands of likes on Facebook. - The Straits Times/ANN

SINGAPORE: Four hours – that was the time it took for businessman Ong Tiong Yeow to write his father's obituary, a frank, heartfelt poem that has since gone viral on social media.

Four hours was also how long he took to pack his things and leave his family home as a 23-year-old, after his father, Ong Peck Lye, threw him out for standing up to him.