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This news is so heart-breaking. Even in death, you'll need a lot of money. But not everyone can afford it...
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The father who tried to take his dead daughter's body on the bus in a bag because he couldn't afford a hearse
Yang Cheng and Lin Sun went to hospital morgue to collect Li's body
They packed her up in a holdall and then went to Hefei bus station
Were caught when staff scanned their luggage before they could board
Questioned by police but released and allowed to go home in private cab
By MAIL FOREIGN SERVICE
PUBLISHED: 13:34 GMT, 24 April 2013 | UPDATED: 15:56 GMT, 24 April 2013
A Chinese father was caught attempting to smuggle his two-year-old daughter's body onto a bus in a travel bag after she died of hand, foot and mouth disease.
Yang Cheng, 35, and wife Lin Sun collected Li's remains from the morgue at Hefei Hospital, in Anhui province before carefully packing her into a large holdall.
They then went to the local bus station where they tried to board a vehicle travelling to their home town of Quqiu.
However, the plan was foiled when horrified staff put the bag through a security scanner and discovered the child's remains inside.
Police were called and Mr Yang was questioned. He told them he had resorted to the desperate measure after realised that he would not be able to afford a hearse.
The man was eventually released without charge and hired a private cab to complete the two hour journey home.
'We are not wealthy and the undertakers wanted to charge us a fortune,' Mr Yang said.
'It was perfectly dignified and the other passengers would never have known anything about it if the bus company hadn't made such a fuss'.
A police spokesman said: 'It is forbidden to transport bodies on public transport, especially in such an undignified way.
'The tradition is for bodies to be taken home, but not stuffed in a bag in a luggage rack.'
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The father who tried to take his dead daughter's body on the bus in a bag because he couldn't afford a hearse
Yang Cheng and Lin Sun went to hospital morgue to collect Li's body
They packed her up in a holdall and then went to Hefei bus station
Were caught when staff scanned their luggage before they could board
Questioned by police but released and allowed to go home in private cab
By MAIL FOREIGN SERVICE
PUBLISHED: 13:34 GMT, 24 April 2013 | UPDATED: 15:56 GMT, 24 April 2013
A Chinese father was caught attempting to smuggle his two-year-old daughter's body onto a bus in a travel bag after she died of hand, foot and mouth disease.
Yang Cheng, 35, and wife Lin Sun collected Li's remains from the morgue at Hefei Hospital, in Anhui province before carefully packing her into a large holdall.
They then went to the local bus station where they tried to board a vehicle travelling to their home town of Quqiu.
However, the plan was foiled when horrified staff put the bag through a security scanner and discovered the child's remains inside.
Police were called and Mr Yang was questioned. He told them he had resorted to the desperate measure after realised that he would not be able to afford a hearse.
The man was eventually released without charge and hired a private cab to complete the two hour journey home.
'We are not wealthy and the undertakers wanted to charge us a fortune,' Mr Yang said.
'It was perfectly dignified and the other passengers would never have known anything about it if the bus company hadn't made such a fuss'.
A police spokesman said: 'It is forbidden to transport bodies on public transport, especially in such an undignified way.
'The tradition is for bodies to be taken home, but not stuffed in a bag in a luggage rack.'
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