Vigil held in Sydney to say goodbye to homeless man Bikram Lama (opens in new tab)

The crowd gathered at dusk under the fig tree canopy of Sydney’s Hyde Park, tucked behind St James Station, holding electric candles in blue, red, white and purple to honour Bikram Lama. The coroner’s court confirmed this week it is still waiting on that formal identification process to conclude. The delays have frustrated the Australian-Nepalese community, who say it is creating lingering distress for his family‘Came here with hope’ and ‘died unseen’: tearful crowd says goodbye to homeless m...