Please confirm if you are officially alive: S. Africa Gov

BEIJING, March 19 (Xinhuanet) -- In an effortto
undo "fraudulent deaths" from its records, the South Africa government has
calledupon people to confirm whether they are officially alive.

A special call centre has been set up for South
Africans to check if they have been wrongly declared dead -- an increasingly
common problem with identity theft by criminals trying to benefit from life
insurance.

South Africagovernment minister Richard Baloyi
told a press conference Tuesday: "we call upon citizens to confirm your alive
status."

Baloyi also urged citizens to check if they legally
married, as criminals are also engaging in identity theft to arrange fake
marriages for migrants seeking citizenship.

(Agencies)