Dutch to return 37 ancient skeletons to Malaysia

PETALING JAYA: The Netherlands is returning dozens of ancient skeletons stored at the Naturalis natural history museum in Leiden to Malaysia following an official request from the government.

DutchNews.nl reported that the skeletons are believed to be around 5,000 years old and were dug up by British archaeologists in Penang between 1851 and 1934.