The bodies of four victims of bomb blasts arrived

Media representatives had to wait outside the MasKargo Penang International Airport after authorities did not allow them to cover the arrival of the four victims of the bomb blast victims in Bangkok, Thailand, Monday night.

GEORGETOWN - The bodies of four citizens who were killed in a bomb blast in central Bangkok on Monday, arriving at Penang International Airport (LTAPP) in Bayan Lepas, near here, last night.

The body Lim Siew Gaik, 49; his son-Lee Tze Siang, 33; Neoh son Jai Jun, 20; and her granddaughter Lee Jing Xuan, 4, flown in from Bangkok with Thai Airways flight TG 425, arrived at the airport at 11pm.

Also seen escorting the bodies it was the daughter Siew Gaik, Neoh Yee Ling, 33, who survived the incident, as well as over 20 other family members who waited at the Cargo Complex LTAPP 9pm.

Also present at the airport was the Minister in the Prime Minister, Datuk Mah Siew Keong, Deputy Minister of Women, Family and Community Development Datin Paduka Chew Mei Fun, Penang Umno secretary Datuk Musa Sheikh Fadzir and state Barisan Nasional leadership.

Husband Siew Gaik, Neoh Hock Guan, 55, who also survived the crash, arrived at her home in Taman Dedap, Butterworth around 5.30pm yesterday.

Cargo Complex gloomy atmosphere enveloped LTAPP when family members seen tears and trying to avoid reporters and photographers were waiting in the yard of the complex.

Business reporters to interview the family members fail when they hurriedly left the airport.

All the victims were from one family were on holiday in Bangkok in a group of seven people.

It is learned that the bodies would be brought to the Penang Hospital, before being returned to the house and in the garden Dedap, Butterworth and Bukit Welcome, Chief limit.

In the bomb blast at the Ratchaprasong intersection near Erawan Shrine and a shopping center in Bangkok at 7pm (8pm GMT) on Monday, four citizens were killed and three others wounded.

They were among 20 people killed and 123 injured from the blast, one of the worst cases of violence in Bangkok in the last few months.