14 DAY TRIAL // One mobile phone company can lock its doors and ensure a life of luxury to all its employees just as soon as one single subscriber pays his mobile phone bill. A man will have to pay Telekom Malaysia a total sum of USD 218 trillion on an account owned by his deceased father.
The subscription was for a USD 23 wireless plan and belonged to the Malaysian man's father who has recently died. The son canceled the account in January, this year, but it looks like additional charges have still been added to the bill after that date.
The man has recently received a letter from Telekom Malaysia demanding him to play the bill within the next 10 days, or they will have to take legal actions. The huge sum of money makes it impossible to be the result of a normal phone use, which gives reasons for the operator to be accused of an error in calculating the bill, even if the phone line was used after the old man's death.
The sum surpassing USD 200 million is almost 17 times higher than the GDP of the United States and virtually impossible to be the result of internet surfing and placing calls. There is also the issue of the operator to continue billing on that account even after the man asked them to terminate the subscription. All odds show the Malaysian man has a strong stand in this matter, although Telekom Malaysia still claims for its money.
No wonder they are not willing to let go of this bill, as the sum is enough to allow them to buy several small countries or islands for the company's leading members to drink their mate for the rest of their lives under the palms. Still, it's unlikely for the man to ever be able to sum up the money if the court takes the side of the telecom operator.