Foo Choo Choon News Today

GEORGE TOWN: Pieces of tombstone from the 138-year-old grave belonging to Foo Teng Nyong (estimated 1816 to 1874) that was illegally demolished and found dumped in the Jelutong landfill will be kept in a museum.

GEORGE TOWN: The landowner of the site where a 138-year-old grave was recently demolished has been given a show-cause letter by the Penang Island City Council (MBPP) and faces possible punitive action.

GEORGE TOWN, Sept 15 — The Penang Island City Council (MBPP) has issued a show-cause letter to the owner of the land where the 138-year-old tomb of Foo Teng Nyong, the third wife...

Her descendants have no idea who gave the permission to exhume the historical tomb.

GEORGE TOWN: The Penang government will probe the demolition of a 138-year-old grave belonging to Foo Teng Nyong (estimated 1816 to 1874), the third wife of Kapitan Chung Keng Kwee.

GEORGE TOWN: Off Jalan Bunga Telang in Fettes Park here, nestled between double-storey houses and town houses is an area covered with thick green undergrowth.

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.