Widow slashed wrists

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Friends and family members declined to talk about how the pretty woman fared in the months leading up to her death.​

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Kerin Peh's mother holds on to the hearse and cries during the funeral procession.​

 

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Relatives supporting the pain-stricken mother of Ms Kerin Peh.​

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Ms Kerin Peh's mother holding on to the hearse and crying during the funeral procession.​

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Relatives of Ms Kerin Peh in tears as they accompany the hearse to Guang Ming Shan crematorium.​

 

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Relatives and friends escorting the hearse out of the estate.

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Weeping inconsolably, her mother, who appeared to be in her 60s, flung her body against the side of the hearse,
her wailing a sorrowful counterpoint to the toneless chants of Buddhist monks in the background.

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Ms Kerin Peh's mum breaks taboo to send daughter off. It is taboo for the parent to be there for the final journey of his/her dead child.

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It was a sombre procession.​

 

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About 50 family members and friends were present to bid farewell to the young widow.​

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They followed the hearse for a short distance as it made its way from Mr Peh's family home to Bright Hill Crematorium.​

 

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Ms Kerin Peh's mother (in blue) shouting at photojournalists present at the funeral procession.​

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In anger, Ms Kerin Peh's mother threw cups of water at the photojournalists present at the funeral procession.​

 

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Ms Kerin Peh's mother demanding the photojournalists to go away.

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At the crematorium, her mother stood by her daughter's coffin for about 10 minutes, stroking it and talking softly.



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A distressed relative is escorted out of the Guang Ming Shan crematorium.

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Later that afternoon, her family carried her ashes to their final resting place - in a niche she had bought for herself - right next to her groom's.

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The heartbroken mother of Ms Kerin Peh being escorted back to the bus after the cremation.

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