Malaysian Man Reunited With Family After 20 Years In Surat Thani Mental Hospital

[sbk]

Tuesday August 25, 2009

Wee reunited with sisters after being in a Thai mental asylum due to memory loss

By SYED AZHAR and C.A ZULKIFLE

RANTAU PANJANG: A sudden loss of memory 15 years ago left Wee Choo Tai stuck in a Thai mental institution while his family back home had already given up hope of finding him.

However, the Malaysian consulate-general in Songkhla found out about Wee, 65, being in the Suansaranow Psychiatric Hospital after a routine police liaison meeting with Thai counterparts in early January.

The end result was that Wee was finally reunited with his two elder sisters on Tuesday.

The Thai police had brought up a case involving an unidentified man who was languishing in hospital, saying that the man had Chinese or Myanmar features.

Police officials, who felt something amiss, took up the case and asked the consulate-general’s office to find out who the John Doe was.

Wee’s identity was known several months later after his records were obtained from the hospital and his fingerprints matched those with the National Registration Department records in Kota Baru.

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[redfish44]

That's heartbreaking sbk.

At least after 18 years someone realised something was amiss.

Can't believe they didn't find an interpreter.

One little thing and you life can go so horribly wrong.

There for the grace of god go I...

[monoli87]

very sad...... however it's a good luck for his relatives as they already found him..