He was supposed to perform religious rites for the deceased but instead was caught on video arguing with the grieving family. A video clip posted by Facebook user Chu Pi Ka on April 29 showed the monk, dressed in a grey robe, yelling at another person in dialect: 'What's the problem? It's your wife, right? Why can't she help?' As...
Facebook user Chu Pi Ka uploaded a video of a monk arguing with the family of the deceased at a funeral.He was supposed to perform religious rites for the deceased but instead was caught on video arguing with the grieving family.yelling at another person in dialectAs the monk got more aggressive, a man tried to hold him back. Another person in the video also urged them not to fight.
Chu Pi Ka also claimed that the monk's friend came out from a lorry with a four-foot-long stick and attempted to "cause harm to more people", but he was stopped.According to Shin Min Daily News, the incident happened at the void deck of an HDB block at Delta Avenue.The deceased's family did not agree to his request, and the situation escalated.
A representative from the casket company handling the funeral told Shin Min that the deceased's family had hired the monk as he was a family friend. "We were frantically trying to arrange for another monk to come and conduct the rites, so that we could help the deceased's family."Responding to queries on the incident, a representative from the Singapore Buddhist Federation apologised to the deceased's family, and added that the monk's behaviour was unbecoming.
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