Myanmar Embassy in Saudi Arabia has issued an announcement on the true account of Ma Nwe Nwe Lwin who died in a road accident in Salalah, Oman, a few days ago.
Opinions and comments circulating on the social network are at variance with the actual incident, the embassy said.
Since her death on 15 February, Myanmar Embassy has obtained information from her house owner, accident scene photos, medical records from the hospital, the police homicide report and death certificate and found that she died as a result of a car accident, it stated.
The embassy continued its efforts to contact her bereaved family, sending photos and documents, and offering consolation. When the embassy inquired about repatriating her body, her father replied that they wanted to cremate her body in Oman rather than repatriate it.
Therefore, the embassy informed them in advance to help the family not lose their rights while assisting with the funeral.
After the embassy contacted a friend in the Myanmar community in Salalah, a documentary video was taken at her funeral on 20 February and sent to her bereaved family and the embassy.
Four Myanmar nationals attended the funeral together with some of her family and officials. When asked if they wanted to take her urn back to Myanmar, her parents and daughter replied that they only wanted it to float in the water as appropriate, and so the ashes were floated on the beach in Salalah on the evening of 21 February, in accordance with the deceased’s family wishes.
The bereaved family sent a letter of thanks to the embassy for helping them through the whole ordeal of their daughter’s accident, cremation and other funeral services, it said.
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