King of Hell breaks record


By GC TAN

ALOR SETAR: A giant effigy of the King of Hell (Tai Su Yeah in Hokkien) made it to the Malaysian Book of Records for being the largest in the country.Standing at 12.98m (or the height of a four-storey building), this fearsome Chinese deity, with a cobalt visage and a pair of long fangs jutting out from its lower jaw, took Gan Kheng Leong, 62, a month to build.

Gan said this was also the heaviest Tai Su Yeah effigy he had ever created with help from his family members and workers.

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