Grave of powerful woman from the 1800s in peril from development

GEORGE TOWN: The ornate grave of a powerful woman who lived in the 1800s has caught the attention of heritage conservators after her descendants publicised purported attempts to exhume her remains and destroy the grave to make way for development.

Nestled amidst low-density homes beneath a large, lofty tree, the grave of Foo Teng Nyong (estimated 1816 to 1874) lies off Jalan Bunga Telang in Fettes Park on a piece of land measuring roughly 0.25ha.