Ex-leaders detected shady practices at Sri Veeramakaliamman Temple
Missing gems, lack of documentation for payments raised concern, they say
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Founded in 1835, Sri Veeramakaliamman Temple is one of Singapore's oldest Hindu places of worship. A probe by the COC has found "severe mismanagement" in how the temple was run, and its chairman has been removed.
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Ankita Varma, Janice Tai
It was the rusty silver cladding on the walls that first gave rise to nagging suspicions that all was not quite right at Sri Veeramakaliamman Temple.
About $750,000 had been paid to replace the coating, but this was evidently not done.
