Cheras Christian Cemetery

The Cheras Christian Cemetery is the largest Christian Cemetery in Malaysia. The cemetery is located in Cheras, Kuala Lumpur and was opened in 1900. The cemetery has a capacity of 22,000 burial plots, all of which were full by January 2012.
The Cheras War Cemetery is located nearby.

Notable burials

Sir Henry Gurney – British High Commissioner in Malaya.
Samantha Schubert – Miss Malaysia World 1991
George Abraham – former RTM producer, newsreader and radio presenter

Issues

Insufficient burial space

As of 2015, the 22,500 burial plots have been taken up due to high demands from the community and the allocated space by the management failed to meet all the burial requests.

Records management problem

Cases was reported in 2012, whereby a family which had bought their plots next to their father's grave, was shocked to discover a newly-laid tombstone on their plots. Similarly in 2017, burial plots – bought and paid in 1954, were found to be occupied by new graves.