FAMILY, schoolmates and teachers bid farewell to 12-year-old Tee Yan Chyuan yesterday in a touching scene at Mandai Crematorium. Some wept, others held hands and all whispered their last goodbyes.

The Secondary 1 student from Raffles Institution (RI) died suddenly after a game of badminton on Sunday.

Even though they knew him for barely a week, teachers and schoolmates from RI took time off school to turn up for Yan Chyuan's funeral. Some were also his classmates from primary school and remembered his cheerful disposition.

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