‘Exhumation of graves not linked to commercial development’

A signboard at a cemetery in Jalan Mount Erskine or Penang Street informing descendants of a planned exhumation and the Dec 31 deadline to make arrangements.

THE planned exhumation of 814 graves at a cemetery in Jalan Mount Erskine is not linked to any commercial or residential development, says Penang Kwangtung and Tengchow Association.

Dismissing concerns raised on social media over possible redevelopment, its president Datuk Lio Chee Yeong said the land was still being used for cemetery-related purposes.