By Ravi Velloor and P. Jayaram

Mumbai - For Ms Lo Hwei Yen, the journey home to Singapore began from a funeral parlour in Mumbai's Clare Street.

Yesterday, John Pinto International Services placed the body in a metal-lined coffin in preparation for the Singapore Airlines flight at midnight.

According to Mr Pinto, family members had instructed him to make sure she looked 'as normal as possible' in death.

Last 48 hours of Lo Hwei Yen's life

By Carolyn Quek & Teh Joo Lin

The night before she flew to Mumbai, Ms Lo Hwei Yen, a big Kylie Minogue fan, and her husband caught the Australian pop singer in action at the Singapore Indoor Stadium.

Hours later, at 7.35am last Wednesday, she left for Mumbai for a business seminar, checking into the well-known five-star hotel there, The Oberoi Trident.

Ms Lo, who worked for law firm Stephenson Harwood, was the only one from the Singapore office who went on the trip.

Lawyer was live wire who touched lives

By Teh Joo Lin , Carolyn Quek and Nur Dianah Suhaimi

Ms Lo Hwei Yen loved a party and her husband, Mr Michael Puhaindran, loved organising one.

For the couple, who met in 2006 through a mutual friend in the legal circle, parties were a big part of their happy life together.

They hit it off from the start as they both enjoyed good food, wine and, yes, a good time. He was also known to be a 'master party planner', according to a university newsletter.

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