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M'sian who applies for driver's licence told he died in 2002
MR Minggu Mang Madang is alive.
12 July 2006
MR Minggu Mang Madang is alive.
And he is having a hard time trying to prove it.
According to Malaysian police and hospital records, Mr Minggu Mang, a worker of the Samling Timber Industry Company in Sarawak, suffered serious head injuries in unknown circumstances and died on the way to Nyalau Hospital in Bintulu on 18 Jan 2002.
DEATH CERTIFICATE
There is even a death certificate, signed by Dr Faizal Ghazali of the hospital.
But yesterday, a very much alive Mr Minggu Mang appealed for help at a news conference to publicise his case.
He said: 'Please help me to convince the authorities concerned that I am not dead. I am very much alive. The going has been very tough, very stressful since I was officially certified dead by the Nyalau Hospital in Bintulu four years ago.'
Mr Minggu Mang, now 40 and a former contractor, said he found out he had been certified dead when he went to the Road Transport Department to renew his two-year driving licence on 19 Dec 2003.
Then began his nearly three-year-long fight to get back his life.
The Road Transport Department officer told him that all his records had been erased and he was advised to clarify his status with the National Registration Office.
As he no longer exists officially, he has not been able to work and has been depending on the generosity of his in-laws, relatives and friends.
Mr Minggu Mang, who is married with three children, has made police reports.
LIVING DEAD
He said: 'This is absolutely ridiculous. I have never worked for the Samling company.
'In fact, I was then a sub-contractor doing works worth about RM1 million on the Durin Bridge project (near Sibu) and later the new Sarikei General Hospital.
'I have bank statements to prove the income.
'There seems to be no clear indication when the investigations will end. I know the police are doing their best but I have a life to live.
'Now I am the living dead as I cannot work. I hope Bukit Aman and the Director-General of the National Registration Department can help. I just want my life status restored.'
WANTS EPF FROZEN
Mr Minggu Mang urged the authorities to investigate thoroughly all the people who had reported his death and determine who had actually died and been buried under his name.
In the meantime, he has asked the Employees Provident Fund to freeze his savings so that no one could claim to be his next of kin and withdraw the money.
He has also alerted his insurance companies. - Bernama.
