Make May 13 gravesite a national heritage, Putrajaya told
The site is on a slope in the jungle beyond the furthest reach of what was then the Sg Buloh leprosarium. – The Malaysian Insight pic by Seth Akmal, May 11, 2019.
THE government should gazette the May 13, 1969 cemetery in Sg Buloh as a national cultural heritage site so that others can learn from the country’s past mistakes. Tang Ah Chai, the spokesperson for the 513 committee, also called the government to release the findings of the incident which are still under the Official Secrets Act .
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