The next of kin of those buried in close to 27,000 claimed Chinese graves at the Choa Chu Kang Cemetery engaged private exhumation contractors to retrieve the remains of their loved ones, said the National Environment Agency (NEA).
That is about 72 per cent of the total 37,440 Chinese graves that have been claimed by the next of kin as of June 23, added the agency.
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