No go: The Cheras crematorium charges the cheapest cremation charges and many believe that it should not be privatised.
StarMetro is featuring its top stories of the year as part of its annual yearender series. The stories not only created an impact with residents and various stakeholders, but also stirred the Federal government to halt, reverse and even stop negotiations on various developments and proposed projects that did not go down well with its citizens. These are our picks for the Federal Territories in 2012.
THE desecration of graves, poor upkeep of cemeteries and scams involving the sale of cemetery plots, badly maintained century-old burial records and a proposed privatisation of government-run crematorium dominated the headlines this year.
