Modern appliances for the dead


Filial duty: Year Six student Alex Lim (right) placing an orange at his late grandmother Tan Suan Heoh

GEORGE TOWN: In this modern era, many believe even their de­­parted ancestors deserve the best electrical appliances in the netherworld.

Clerk Lee Phaik Ean, 39, however, chose to “deliver” a fan to her father-in-law Yeap Beng Huat during Qing Ming (Chinese All Souls Day). Yeap died in a road accident in 2012.

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