Hong Kong funeral parlour mixes up corpses, wrongly cremating one before the family can say goodbye
- ‘Devastated’ Global Funeral Parlour in Hung Hom admits botched handling of two corpses, apologises to grieving families
- Police say no criminality involved and classify the incident as miscellaneous
A funeral parlour in Hong Kong mixed up two corpses and wrongly cremated one of them in a shocking blunder that deprived a bereaved family of bidding farewell to the deceased.
An industry source told the Post that relatives discovered the mistake when Global Funeral Parlour in Hung Hom arranged for them to collect the body on Wednesday for a burial service the next day.
That family later learned the corpse was not their loved one’s, whose body had already been cremated before they had the chance to say goodbye.
Confirming the incident in a statement, Tung Wah Group of Hospitals’ Global Funeral Parlour apologised to the two families, adding it was in close contact with them to offer assistance and discuss “relevant arrangements”.
“Tung Wah Group of Hospitals takes this incident very seriously. We feel devastated that the families have to bear unnecessary worries and troubles, on top of grieving for their loss,” the statement read.