Eager to hear their late daughter’s heartbeat


Father Mark Kok Wah, 46 , showing an article in The Star about Carmens funeral when met at his home in Taman Hutchings, Penang. ./Picby:CHAN BOON KAI/The Star/ 12 September 2017.

GEORGE TOWN: The sound of their daughter’s heartbeat is all Mark Kok Wah and his wife Ariess Tan have longed to hear since their only child died two years ago at 18.

Their wish will soon come true when Serene Lee, 37, a part-time clinic assistant from Singapore visits them on Friday.

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