As the noise from media coverage and funeral preparations faded, Mr Raja Manickam found himself on an Air India Express flight from Singapore to India on June 17 with the body of his grand-nephew, Mr Vinoth Kumar. The latter had died two days earlier when
“After the accident, I told only my family about what happened and that I’m coming home. I didn’t know how to tell his parents that I’m coming back with their son’s body.”Mr Vinoth’s parents suspected something was wrong as crowds began to gather outside their house. Then they saw their son’s body.
“The whole village was wailing and falling at my feet, asking why I brought him back as a corpse,” he said. ItsRainingRaincoats, a charity here for the benefit of migrant workers, said that around 85 people have contacted it offering help to Mr Vinoth’s family since news of the tragedy broke. Under Singapore’s Work Injury Compensation Act, the compensation for death caused by work injuries is between $76,000 and $225,000.
“We cannot even afford to grieve. We are too poor to continue crying. Poor people cannot grieve for too long. Money is still a concern,” he said.
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