The drama escalated when many involved saw that Neng Mengjai's ashes were still at the temple, even though he had been cremated over a week earlier. Neng's sister tearfully revealed that if the ashes could not be used for merit-making, they should be divided among the siblings and children so they can use them to make merit and provide sustenance, regarding the matter. Ice, wife of Neng Mengjai, respondedclarifying that
regarding the demand to divide Neng's ashes, Ice insists that neither she nor her family had been informed previously that Neng's relatives and children wished to share his ashes for merit-making or any other purpose.
Ice and her family therefore intended to keep Neng's ashes to perform merit on the 100th day after his passing, before scattering them at sea. The temple informed them it would hold the ashes and advised finding an auspicious time to conductthe merit ceremony (Bangsukoon).Afterward, the ashes would be taken home tocarry out the 100-day merit ceremony.Subsequently.
However, once Ice learned that Neng's relatives and children wished to divide his ashes, she did not object. Ice will inform them about the merit ceremony to facilitate handling the ashes according to the wishes of both herself and Neng's heirs.
