Ten statues of Hindu deities had been damaged by the thieves looking for jewellery.
GEORGE TOWN: Jewellery and valuables buried under a statue at a 180-year-old heritage temple here have been stolen in an early morning break-in today.
The priests discovered the theft when they opened the Arulmigu Sri Mahamariamman temple in Lebuh Queen for prayers at 5am.
Ten statues of Hindu deities had been damaged by the thieves looking for jewellery.
A temple committee member lodged a report at the central police station at 7am.
The thieves got into the temple by breaking open the padlock of the gate at the back of the temple.
The temple, built in 1833, is part of Unesco’s listing of George Town as a world heritage city.
Padang Kota assemblyman and senior state executive councillor Chow Kon Yeow, who visited the
scene this morning, called on Penang Hindu Endowment Board (PHEB) to beef up the security system at the premises.
Penang Deputy Chief Minister 2 and PHEB chairman P Ramasamy also visited the temple. Also present was temple secretary N Sivasubramaniam.
Chow said the Penang Island Municipal Council would be installing closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras throughout the city from mid-October.
However, he urged premises owners to install their own internal security systems.
He said the owners should realise that even places of worship would not be spared by criminals.
A devotee, S Arumugam, 52, asked why the temple, despite being a city heritage landmark, had no CCTV cameras in or outside its compound all these years.
GEORGE TOWN: Jewellery and valuables buried under a statue at a 180-year-old heritage temple here have been stolen in an early morning break-in today.The priests discovered the theft when they opened the Arulmigu Sri Mahamariamman temple in Lebuh Queen for prayers at 5am.
Ten statues of Hindu deities had been damaged by the thieves looking for jewellery.
A temple committee member lodged a report at the central police station at 7am.
The thieves got into the temple by breaking open the padlock of the gate at the back of the temple.
The temple, built in 1833, is part of Unesco’s listing of George Town as a world heritage city.
Padang Kota assemblyman and senior state executive councillor Chow Kon Yeow, who visited the
scene this morning, called on Penang Hindu Endowment Board (PHEB) to beef up the security system at the premises.Penang Deputy Chief Minister 2 and PHEB chairman P Ramasamy also visited the temple. Also present was temple secretary N Sivasubramaniam.
Chow said the Penang Island Municipal Council would be installing closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras throughout the city from mid-October.
However, he urged premises owners to install their own internal security systems.
He said the owners should realise that even places of worship would not be spared by criminals.
A devotee, S Arumugam, 52, asked why the temple, despite being a city heritage landmark, had no CCTV cameras in or outside its compound all these years.
2 comments:
hahaha..maybe the temple committee is the real mastermind..because they know that the stone can't come to be the witness..hahaha..stop worshiping the stone,and why waste money on buying the jewels for the stones..the committee members is so smart tat they don't give any shit about the stones n they dmaged it to make it look like a real crime scenes...hahaha my wish is to see all the temples being torn down n al the stones damaged one days......
what a mad creatures spending rm15k-20k to worship the black match box type image in middle east.
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