The family of Manjay Sada from Saptari, who died in Malaysia, is facing financial difficulties to bring back the body.
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Manjay Sada, from Gorgama, Bishnupur Rural Municipality-6, Saptari, went to Malaysia at the age of 20 for foreign employment.
He did not get the work and salary he had promised when he arrived there 12 years ago. It was difficult to repay the 150,000 rupees he had borrowed from the villagers to go for foreign employment. Sada started working as a ‘security guard’ in another company in the same area within a few months.
The work and salary in the new company were good. He was gradually paying off the debt and supporting his family of 4, including his parents, wife and daughter. Two weeks ago, he suddenly fell ill. He called his 30-year-old wife Shivakumari and told her that he had been unable to go on ‘duty’ for 2 days due to severe chest pain.
Shivakumari told him to rest. ‘The next day, he also had diarrhea and was unable to talk on the phone, and they sent him to seek help from nearby villagers,’ she said. ‘By the time the village reached there, he was very weak and could barely get up from his bed.’
Shivakumari said that she was taken to the hospital after urging the villagers to get him treated. Sada was admitted to the Tengku Ampuan Rahimah Hospital in Kalan on 21 Chait. She died there on 26 Chait during treatment. Shivakumari has been unconscious for 10 days after the news of her death. The incident has also left her 54-year-old father Budhan and 52-year-old mother Mauni Devi in tears.
Sada’s family is further worried as the issue of when the body will be returned is still unresolved. Sada’s body is currently at the same hospital as they cannot pay for the treatment and medicine. The family has received information from Manjaya's friends that it will cost Rs 700,000 to pay the hospital bill and complete the process of sending the body home. However, the Sada family, who live on public land, have not been able to raise it due to lack of other sources of income. 'We have appealed everywhere but could not find the money,' said Sada's mother Mauni Devi. 'We have not been able to sleep for 10 days as we have not been able to find the money.'
The Sada family does not even know the name of the company that is working as a 'security guard'. 'My son used to tell me that he is working by wandering around,' she said. She has requested for help in bringing her son's body.
Ward Chairman Parmanand Yadav said that he has sent a recommendation to the Chief District Officer to take the initiative to bring the body as per the request received from the Sada family. "We are ready to provide all possible assistance from the local level," he said. "We have also requested the Government of Nepal and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to assist in bringing the body back." Assistant Chief District Officer Naresh Kumar Yadav said that he has already written to the Consular Services Department and informed them about the matter.
