Rayappan's family to file application for RIGHT to his body

I read this in The Star, 2nd December on my way back from Singapore...and said...gosh...another very unnecessary dispute....just couldn't imagine this could happen in our so-called very harmonius place to stay....My big question is WHY should there be any dispute over a body? Please, can someone provide me with 'good' answers?

I just want to blog the updates of this case...

KUALA LUMPUR: The family of the late Rayappan Anthony should be allowed to be buried according to their Christian faith and his professed faith, said Christian Federation of Malaysia chairman Bishop Paul Tan Chee Ing.

He added that according to information gathered, Rayappan, 71, was a Roman Catholic and had six children from his Christian marriage.

He said the deceased converted to Islam in 1990 when he married a Muslim woman.

“However, he reconverted to Christianity in 1999 and subsequently confirmed his profession of his Christian faith by way of a statutory declaration in front of a Commissioner of Oaths,” Tan said here yesterday.

“The relevant documents prepared by a lawyer and executed by the Commissioner for Oaths were submitted to the National Registration Department, which accepted the declaration and reinstated Rayappan’s religious status to Christianity.”

He also said the MyKad of the deceased (issued in 2000) had the word “Christianity” printed below his name and any obstruction to his burial according to Christian rights would contravene Article 11 of the Constitution which guarantees the right of a person to profess and practise his faith, and in this particular case the right of the family to bury Rayappan according to his professed religion at the point of his death.

I just couldn't imagine going through this type of dispute... hey, the body is not something to dispute!!! After all, does it really matter where he should be buried? He still has to go before God's very throne for the jugdement - and you know Who the Judge is.... of course the Imam Mahdi! Please apply just a little bit of common sense and logic, and you will know who has the right over the body! He has his family, and who are you? So inhuman.....

But finally, the body goes to the rightful family and some people just has to learn something the hard way. Read it here.