Kaniva News reports about dozen men carried the coffin on their shoulders into a building at the Fu’amotu International Airport where hundreds of mourners were waiting.
The daughter, visibly heartbroken, walked in silence in front of his father’s coffin while holding the photo.
The body of the 40-year-old was welcomed into a poignant and emotional ceremony attended by relatives and government officials at the airport.
It was later taken to his family home in Fanga.
