Sales officer Ellin Yuen, 27, flew back from China to pay her last respects to her close friend Malaysia Airlines stewardess Ng Sweet Yuin...

Friend returns from China for sad ‘reunion’
By TAN SIN CHOW
sctan@thestar.com.my

GEORGE TOWN: Sales officer Ellin Yuen, 27, flew back from China to pay her last respects to her close friend Malaysia Airlines stewardess Ng Sweet Yuin, who was killed in a road accident.

She remembered how Ng had match-made her with her friend Kelven Lee, 28, during Chap Goh Meh in 2000.

Lee is now Yuen’s husband.

“It has been more than seven years since Ng and I last met after our graduation from Penang TAR College.

“I had hoped to see her at my wedding dinner in November last year, but she could not make it.

“I will miss her. We were so close in school that we talked about almost everything,” said Yuen.

She was among some 100 family members, friends and relatives who sent Ng on her last journey to the Batu Gantong crematorium yesterday.

On Thursday, Ng, also 27, died after her Perodua MyVi was involved in a head-on collision with the vehicle driven by a youth on the Tun Dr Lim Chong Eu Expressway at 3.15am.

Investigations into the road accident showed the car driven by the youth, 22, was travelling against traffic.

There was a heavy downpour before the funeral procession.

But as soon as the hearse bearing the cortege of Ng left the Batu Gantong funeral parlour, the rain stopped and the clouds disappeared to reveal a clear sky.

Some sobbed uncontrollably when the song Dan Yuan Ren Chang Jiu (“Wishing for Eternal Bliss”) was played by the band.

Ng’s mother Thniah Poh Choo, 52, said her daughter’s airline uniform was placed next to her body in the casket.

Ng’s father Choon Sum, 53, said they had sought legal advice over the accident.

“Once the funeral is over, we may consider taking legal action against the other driver,” he said.

Penang traffic police enforcement/operations chief Asst Supt Ahmad Ezzely Razali said the results of the blood samples taken from the two drivers are expected to be out by Wednesday.

“We are waiting to record a statement from the youth.

“He is still receiving treatment at the Penang Hospital for injuries to his mouth and cheeks and is unable to talk,” he said.

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