マレーシア・ニュース

マラッカ：今週の水曜日、マラッカにあるカンプン・バンダー・ヒリルで火事によって幼い4人の犠牲者がでた。ブキット・チナの葬式には、冥福を祈る人々の列は約１ｋｍまでに及んだ。リム・ジュ・シェンちゃん（9歳）、ジュ・ファンちゃん（7歳）、ライ・シェンちゃん（6歳）、そして彼等の叔母である、リォ・チュゥン・イェさん（13歳）達は大勢の人に見送られながら霊柩車で運ばれていった。リォ・チュゥン・イェさんのクラスメイト達は未だに信じられず、彼女の元気な姿をもう一度みたいと悲しそうに述べた。彼等に対する寄付は総勢5,000RMを超えており、また厚生労働省は子供等それぞれに約3000RMの寄付を与えた。

[ 8月19日　13：30　MCS]

ニュース・ソース

Last goodbye to fire victims

MALACCA: The air was thick with sorrow and tears as hundreds of mourners packed a funeral parlour here to send off four children who perished in a fire at Kampung Bandar Hilir on Wednesday.
Many people lined the street of followed the cortege bearing the remains of the young victims for about 1km from the Bukit Cina funeral parlour to Jalan Munshi Abdullah.
At the end of the procession,the four coffins were loaded onto a hearse,which headed to Jelutong for the cremation of the children - siclings Lim Ju Seng,nine,Ju Huan,seven and Laishen,six,and their aunt Lio Choon Yee,13.
They had been trpped in their burning house because the windows had grilles.
The Yang di-Pertua Negeri of Malacca Tun Khalil Yaakob was among those who came to pay their last respects to the victims before the funeral.
Family members consoled a wailing Lio Chun Ying,who is the mother of the three siblings,as the coffins were bring carried out one by one from the funeral parlour.
Among those who joined the funeral procession were the children's schoolmates and teachers,members of various organisations as well as relatives and family friends.
Choon Yee's schoolmate at SMK Canossa Convent,Form One student Siti Nur Zulaikah Md Rashid,sobbed when she looked at her friend's picture.
"I had just helped her to apply some nutmeg oil last week when she was complaining of a stomach ache after taking nasi lemak, and now,she's gone," she said
At Seri Bendahara,Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor, who is acting Bakti president,presented a donation of RM3,000 to Lio and her husband Lim Kok Sing,and RM2,000 to Joanna Lee,who is Choon Yee's mother.
The Welfare Organization for Wives of Elected Representatives in Malacca (Bistari) also donated RM3,000 to Lio and Lim,while the state gave the couple RM3,600 and Lee RM3,200.

＜19-8-2006 The Star＞
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