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Plans to exhume grave on hold after details of occupant surface
Research so far has found that she was descendant of renowned healer and related to esteemed Arab families
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Melody Zaccheus
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A small building, partially embedded in the wall of a warehouse at 49 Moonstone Lane, has for decades housed the grave of a Muslim woman named Syarifah Zainah Alhabshi, according to a government record. The authorities had initially slated the pre-World War II grave for exhumation, based on an on-site notice from March 9.
The exhumation was planned as part of the handover of the land, near Kallang River, from a government agency to the state. But exhumation plans have been put on hold after members of the heritage community dug around to find out the significance of the grave.
