Fighting funeral fraud and folly

Needless expenditure: Many people criticise the huge spending on funerals, saying it does little to reflect the children’s filial piety for the parents. — AFP

DEATH is an important life event, and to the Chinese, a proper sending-off ceremony ensures the soul of the deceased reaches the afterlife.

As China’s economy continues booming and the people’s standard of living improves, more and more of them are willing to splurge on funerals, which were once banned by the Communist Party.