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SHOCKING: Man finds out he is officially 'dead' while lodging police report

The shocking discovery was made earlier this year and Low was advised to lodge a complaint to the National Registration Department (JPN). As the document said Low has been legally deceased for eight months, so it became a difficult task to renew official documents.

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Updated Aug 10, 2022, 14:16 IST

Right - Low Choo Choon

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The death status has created problems for his job as a driver.
Low said he was unable to get his road tax certificate renewed for a while.
Fortunately, he was able to convince the Road Transport Department that he is not dead and get his certificate extended for 18 months.

A man in Malaysia who went to file a police complaint about a missing deed under his name was shocked to discover he was officially listed as 'dead'.

Imagine you are in a police station and one officer tells you: "Sir, we thought you were dead."

Well, that's exactly how Low Choo Choon felt when he visited a police station with hopes of finding a missing deed.

He needed the deed to transfer the name of a two-person gravesite that he and his wife had purchased to a relative. It was an urgent matter because the couple was facing financial troubles.

But the missing deed was the least of his worries when he met officers at a police station.

The death status has created problems for his job as a driver. Low said he was unable to get his road tax certificate renewed for a while. Fortunately, he was able to convince the Road Transport Department that he is not dead and get his certificate extended for 18 months.

But his problems are far from over. It's been over six months and his death status has still not been corrected.

“I have been working at a funeral home for so many years but I never thought that I would be listed as ‘dead’," Low said at a press conference on 9 August, according to Harian Metro.

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