Man Gets Shock Of His Life After Discovering He's Been Dead For 25 Years In Govt Records

A Kuwaiti man had the shock of his life when he found out his name was on a list of deceased people in the country’s government records. For 25 years, he was considered a dead person and only found out about it when he wanted to appoint a lawyer for a private case.

Abdul Mohsen revealed he had the general Power of Attorney for his wife since 1992. The process of appointing a lawyer for her in a private case led to him having a jaw-dropping conversation with a Ministry of Justice employee at a service center, according to Teller Report.

The employee first wanted to check the validity of the general Power of Attorney. “I presented her with the general power of attorney, and she asked me to wait until she was sure that it was valid for being issued 20 years ago,” Mohsen said.

The man proceeded to wait for about 20 minutes until the employee, visibly befuddled, looked over at his identity card and “checked it several times with signs of shock on her face,” Mohsen said, according to Gulf News.

The man asked her what the problem was and the puzzled employee finally asked him, “Are you sure that you are Abdul Mohsen?”

“I told her: Yes! I am the same person in the ID standing right in front of you,” Mohsen said. “Then surprisingly she said, how come you are standing in front of me while you have been registered as dead for 25 years?”

The Kuwaiti citizen finally discovered that his name had made its way to the government records of deceased people, and he was considered a “dead person” for nearly two and a half decades.

“I was completely shocked to hear that and fell to the ground,” Mohsen said. “Soon after realizing what she just said I asked, 'How come I am dead while I am still alive in front of you? How did I die in the Ministry of Justice records while the Public Authority for Civil Information gave me a certificate four months ago directed to the Ministry of Commerce?'”

Following the revelations, the man was asked by the Ministry of Justice employee to bring his wife to the service center to appoint a lawyer for the case. She also asked him to go through the process of changing his “dead person” status.

Mohsen said the mix-up led to the power of attorney being canceled, and he appealed to authorities to “bring him back to life” in the government records.