Wig reunites with deceased cancer patient in M'sia, eerie noises in mortuary stop

After a deceased cancer patient in Malaysia was brought to a mortuary without her wig, staff there claimed they were disturbed for close to two months by strange sounds coming from where she was housed.

The sounds apparently stopped after the wig was retrieved from the hospital and placed beside her body in the mortuary.

The strange encounter was shared in a May 17 Facebook post by Malaysian social activist Chee Heng Kuan.

Strange noises in mortuary

Chee, who founded the non-profit organisation Community Policing Malaysia, had volunteered to help with a deceased cancer patient's funeral matters.

The woman passed away on Mar. 21 and her next-of-kin could not be found.

Chee said in his post that he has handled such cases since 1991, but this particular case impacted him the most.

When Chee signed the papers to handle the deceased's funeral matters, a forensic staff from the mortuary warned him to "put back her crown", referring to her wig that she wore due to cancer treatment.

According to the staff, they heard noises from the mortuary while on duty for close to two months after the deceased was brought in.

Upon investigation, these sounds came from the compartment that held the deceased's body.

Disturbed and worried, the staff felt the deceased wanted to "send some special signals".

The police were trying to trace the deceased's next-of-kin while the body was in the mortuary, the staff said.

So, the team decided to check the records from the deceased's last hospital admission.

Wig reunited with owner

When they asked the hospital, emergency staff there recalled that the deceased had a big dispute with staff for touching her wig.

A nurse also remembered that the deceased had warned staff to take care of her wig.

Recalling that the deceased's body was initially picked up without a wig, the forensic staff called the ward where she had passed away.

The wig was found there.

They brought the wig back to the mortuary, and placed it in a paper box next to the deceased's body.

That very night, the noises of "kicking" and "ruffling sounds" from the deceased's compartment stopped, said the staff.

Hence, the staff warned Chee to put the wig back on the deceased's head in the coffin or "face the consequences".

Chee, in turn, conveyed this instruction to the funeral parlour handling the make-up for the deceased.

On May 16, the woman's body was cremated and a wake was conducted for her the next day, with last rites and chanting, said Chee.

Chee said he believed the woman was a "prim and proper person" and he wanted to give her a proper send-off.

He also added that he felt it was "fated" for him to handle this case and that he would go all out to find her next-of-kin.

"A promise to the dead must be fulfilled. Never be broken," Chee wrote.

He also addressed those who might not believe him:

"Not many people believe this post, but it is up to all of you. My advice, do good. Never do bad things and have evil intention in your daily life."

Top image from Chee Heng Kuan/Facebook