Motorists stopped their vehicles on the road side as a mark of respect as Tonga police escorted the bodies of the murdered Chinese couple to the airport for the journey back to China.
Victorina Kioa told Kaniva News she met the couple’s funeral procession on the road Thursday afternoon.
“I was on my way back from USP after dropping my kids off. I just parked by the roadside while I was in tears. So sad,” she said.
The bodies of Mr and Mrs Wen were found with stab wounds in a bush allotment in Matafonua on 25 February, 2018.
Police have arrested and charged two teenagers, aged 15 years and 17 years for the alleged murder of the Wens.
Prime Minister Akilisi Pohiva had earlier paid a tribute to the couple.
Pōhiva said words cannot express how deeply sad and disappointment he was to know that Mr. and Mrs. Wen were killed in a most violent way.
“I am also very sad to know that the alleged assailants are a 15 year old and a 17 year old”.
The couple used to sell vegetables at the Talamahu vegetable market as well as at road-side stalls in Fanga’o Pilolevu.
They were well-known to people who bought vegetables from them.