Cemetery park in Singapore appeals to visitors not to hunt for Pokemon at site

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The Japanese Cemetery Park contains close to 1,000 graves of Japanese civilians and soldiers from the early 20th century.

A cemetery park in Singapore has requested visitors to stop hunting for Pokemon there. — Picture via Facebook/ Pokemon

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 26 — Tired that its grounds had been used to hunt for Pokemon, administrators of the Japanese Cemetery Park in Singapore have put up a sign discouraging the activity. The Japanese Association of Singapore put up a notice at the cemetery in Hougang telling visitors that the park is a site for those who have departed.

“Please respect them and do not enter the ground for Pokemon Go,” read the notice with the game in red with an underline.This content is not available due to your privacy preferences. It is unclear if the administrators of the cemetery have requested game developers to remove the park as a Pokestop to stop the nuisance.the cemetery is a 30,000sqm park that contains close to 1,000 graves of Japanese civilians and soldiers from the early 20th century, as well as the ashes of Japanese soldiers, marines and airmen killed during World War II, and the remains of Japanese war criminals executed at Changi Prison.

 

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