Compiled by BENJAMIN LEE, C. ARUNO and R. ARAVINTHAN

A MAN took to the Internet to complain about an unkempt cemetery in Perak that asks visitors to pay a “grass-cutting” fee, Sin Chew Daily reported.

He said he was asked to pay RM20 for the service.

“I would have paid RM40 (if they had been doing their job),” said the unidentified man, who went to the cemetery to mark the Qing Ming festival (Tomb Sweeping Day).

Instead, he said he was furious to see that the place was overgrown with tall grass.

“If they had been cutting the grass throughout the year, it would not have been this bad,” he said.

Many Internet users agreed with the man after seeing the photos he posted online.

The cemetery committee later said the pictures showed yellowing grass, which meant that workers had applied weedkiller.

“The problem we face is that we do not have extra funds to hire people to cut grass. We are not allowed to burn it either as we are located near a housing area, so the only solution is to apply weedkiller. The grass will therefore grow back quickly,” a committee member said.