Karak victims trying to cope with loss

Teh Swee Sim,65, showing the antique Avery weighing machine at his shoplot that was recently destroyed in a fire in Pekan Karak, Pahang - AZHAR MAHFOF/The Star

KARAK: As the piles of burnt paper and stationery lay strewn all over his store, Teh Swee Sin could only shake his head in despair thinking about the fire that destroyed the shoplot that was passed down from generation to generation.

“That’s A3 paper weighing 80g... that’s A4 paper and colour paper,” he said, pointing to the various items that were destroyed.