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Blood seeping out from graves at Senawang cemetery? No, it's not

KUALA LUMPUR: Red liquid flowing at the Forest Height Senawang Muslim Cemetery, here, is not blood as claimed on social media.

The Negri Sembilan Mineral and Geoscience Department, however, is still in the midst of probing the source of the liquid.

Seremban City Council (MBS) member Datuk Ibrahim Abd Rahman said this was based on early investigations into the matter.

Ibrahim said he had visited the site yesterday afternoon with Paroi state assemblyman Datuk Mohamad Taufek Abd Ghani, MBS mayor Datuk Masri Razali as well as MBS secretary Mas Midyawan Yahya.

He said they had been briefed by a department officer on the phenomenon that had taken place at the cemetery.

"We were told that the cemetery was originally a swamp area filled with water and there are several ponds within the area.

"There are rocks at the site which are red and contain iron minerals. The interaction between the rocks, water and soil produces oxide which is red.

"That is why when the water flows around the cemetery, it is red, however it is not blood as claimed by various parties.

"When it is seen with the naked eye, it clearly does not resemble blood," he told Berita Harian last night.

Earlier, talks of blood-like liquid flowing at the cemetery caused a stir among the local community, with many claiming that it had seeped out from the graves.

Ibrahim said the cemetery sits on endowment land and MBS has decided to temporarily close it as it was already full.

He said it would be reopened once a new site, located next to it, can be utilised.

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