Netizens slam funerals business

Netizens across the country, numbering in the many thousands, have criticized the need for expensive funeral services and called for such services to be made available free of cost by the government.

The angry outbursts online comes just days before the Qingming Festival, or the traditional tomb-sweeping day, which falls on Saturday this year.

Netizens said the obsequies business was turning "monopolistic" and one that was profiting hugely from a somber event.