Human bones wash up after flooding

WITH water levels rising along low-lying residential areas after sluice gates were opened this week following heavy rains, human remains have started washing up from the graveyard in Gong Gong.

- SANDI KWON HOO

Resident Terence van Wyk said that graves and tombstones were disturbed by the floods, with human skulls and bones lying along the riverbank.

“This is not the first time this has happened, and no one has come out to address the situation,” he said.

He added that his grandparents were buried at the grave site over 70 years ago.

“I won't be able to rebury the remains myself, and they may be carried away by the current, as the water levels are rising and are also approaching the houses. Gong Gong is a forgotten place that attracts no attention, despite several promises from the municipality to address the problem — none of which were ever followed through.”