Longing to return to their homeland: Over 80 Chinese deceased still ‘unclaimed’ in Cambodian morgues

The high cost of sending  deceased Chinese nationals back to China from Cambodia has contributed to a large number of Chinese corpses being left for many years in Cambodian morgues, reports Chinese media.

With the Qingming Festival – also known as Tomb-Sweeping Day, a day when Chinese families visit the tombs of their ancestors to clean the gravesites, pray to their ancestors and make ritual offerings – being celebrated tomorrow, many Chinese people’s thoughts turn to their deceased family members

But in Cambodia, says Chinese media outlet wgi8.com, there are still at least 83 Chinese corpses awaiting return to their homeland.

Some of the relatives are actively working to get their deceased family members home. Some family members of the deceased still do not know that their family members in Cambodia have passed away. And some have given up – defeated by high cost and other difficulties. As an example, Deng Zongyu injured his leg while riding a motorcycle in February. He was infected with tetanus because he did not receive treatment in time, and eventually died.