Tomb ‘prop’ raises grave concern


In the spotlight: The photo shared on social media showing the tomb set up for the movie shoot.

GEORGE TOWN: The erection of a makeshift tomb at the Protestant Cemetery – a Category I heritage site in Jalan Sultan Ahmad Shah - drew the ire of heritage conservation activists.

The tomb made of black marble and concrete, engraved with the name Danny Song, was spotted at the more than two-century-old cemetery recently, where Penang’s founder Captain Francis Light was laid to rest.

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