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Apr 11, 2010
Family didn't know her jobs
By Shuli Sudderuddin <!-- by line -->
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Farmer Li Kui You and his wife, Madam Sun Jing Fang, at the wake for their daughter, Ms Li Hong Yan. The body of Ms Li was found in a pool in a Sentosa Cove bungalow. Her family sold their farm in Heilongjiang to come to Singapore for her funeral. -- PHOTOS: NG SOR LUAN, SHIN MIN
PHOTOS: NG SOR LUAN, SHIN MIN
SHE came to Singapore to provide for a better life for her family but, instead, her naked body was found in the pool of a Sentosa Cove bungalow on March 24. Ms Li Hong Yan, 24, had come from China and was working two jobs - as a part-time karaoke hostess, and as a catering supervisor in an Indian restaurant. But her family members, who arrived here last Wednesday, told The Sunday Times they knew nothing about this.
They were at her funeral wake in Sin Ming Drive yesterday. 'She told us she was going to be a hairdresser here and earn money to give her parents a better life. I found out about the two jobs from the papers, but her parents can't read,' said a relative, Madam Fang Shi Hui, 56, who works in an insurance company in China.
Ms Li's parents, Mr Li Kui You, 58, and Madam Sun Jing Fang, 49, are farmers and the family have had to sell their plot of farmland as well as borrow money from relatives to make the trip here to claim her body. They were too distraught to speak yesterday, only sitting with their heads in their hands and weeping silently. The couple had collapsed earlier, when they were taken to the morgue to see Ms Li's body.
Apr 11, 2010
Family didn't know her jobs
By Shuli Sudderuddin <!-- by line -->
<!-- end by line --> <!-- end left side bar -->
Farmer Li Kui You and his wife, Madam Sun Jing Fang, at the wake for their daughter, Ms Li Hong Yan. The body of Ms Li was found in a pool in a Sentosa Cove bungalow. Her family sold their farm in Heilongjiang to come to Singapore for her funeral. -- PHOTOS: NG SOR LUAN, SHIN MIN
PHOTOS: NG SOR LUAN, SHIN MIN
SHE came to Singapore to provide for a better life for her family but, instead, her naked body was found in the pool of a Sentosa Cove bungalow on March 24. Ms Li Hong Yan, 24, had come from China and was working two jobs - as a part-time karaoke hostess, and as a catering supervisor in an Indian restaurant. But her family members, who arrived here last Wednesday, told The Sunday Times they knew nothing about this.
They were at her funeral wake in Sin Ming Drive yesterday. 'She told us she was going to be a hairdresser here and earn money to give her parents a better life. I found out about the two jobs from the papers, but her parents can't read,' said a relative, Madam Fang Shi Hui, 56, who works in an insurance company in China.
Ms Li's parents, Mr Li Kui You, 58, and Madam Sun Jing Fang, 49, are farmers and the family have had to sell their plot of farmland as well as borrow money from relatives to make the trip here to claim her body. They were too distraught to speak yesterday, only sitting with their heads in their hands and weeping silently. The couple had collapsed earlier, when they were taken to the morgue to see Ms Li's body.
