The dishonest Chinese government claims fewer than two dozen people have died nationwide during the massive coronavirus outbreak sweeping the country, but the true number is believed to be in the thousands and could be heading into the millions.
A woman in Shanghai explained her decision to cremate her own father on social media and dared the authorities to stop her.
“I’ve tried multiple paths to cremate my father but none have worked. The funeral services hotline told me that all cremation slots are full until after the new year. Since national law doesn’t allow patients who die of infectious diseases to be stored at home, I shall find an empty patch in our neighborhood to cremate my father. If you have problems with this, please call the police,” she wrote.
The Shanghai resident’s neighbors reportedly did call the police and local officials prevented her from carrying out her cremation plans. reported on Monday that instead of handling cremation themselves, some Chinese families are dropping their loved ones off at mortuaries and hoping for the best because they are unable to make proper appointments with the morticians.
The capital city of Beijing has countered this practice by forbidding the private transportation of bodies to funeral homes; instead, families must contact the funeral parlor and request a pickup, which might not happen for several days. “You have to line up at the crematoriums to get your number, and there are a lot of people in queues there at 4.30 a.m. I called the crematorium the next day and they said I wouldn’t even be able to get a number for two days; that it had been suspended,” a Shanghai businesswoman told RFA.
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