If only he was allowed to undergo home quarantine, Tan KS believes he would have been able to see his father one last time before he was buried.

He will now have to settle for the memory of his last trip home before his father passed.

In late February, the airline pilot travelled from his hometown in Klang, Selangor, to Singapore where he works.

Whilst undergoing a mandatory 14-day hotel quarantine on the island state, Tan’s 74-year-old father died of a heart attack on March 6.

He immediately appealed to Singaporean and Malaysian authorities...