12,600 Choa Chu Kang Cemetery graves to be exhumed still unclaimed

About 80,000 graves in Choa Chu Kang Cemetery are to be exhumed to make way for the expansion of Tengah Air Base. But the remains that are in about 12,600 of those graves remain unclaimed, despite efforts by the National Environment Agency to contact
About 80,000 graves in Choa Chu Kang Cemetery are to be exhumed to make way for the expansion of Tengah Air Base. But the remains that are in about 12,600 of those graves remain unclaimed, despite efforts by the National Environment Agency to contact the next of kin. ST PHOTO: ARIFFIN JAMAR
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The remains in about 12,600 - or one out of six - graves at Choa Chu Kang Cemetery to be exhumed to make way for the expansion of Tengah Air Base are still unclaimed, the National Environment Agency (NEA) said on Monday.

Chinese graves make up 7,600 of the graves in question, and the remainder are Muslim graves.

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on June 24, 2020, with the headline 12,600 Choa Chu Kang Cemetery graves to be exhumed still unclaimed. Subscribe