Guinness World Records presented Junrey Balawing, who is Mr Balawing stopped growing when he was two, his father said. He is more than 7cm shorter than the previous record holder, Khagendra Thapa Magar from Nepal, who had held the record since last October.
Relatives say he has difficulty standing and walking, but the community was protective of him. Well-wishers, including politicians, presented him with cash gifts which his family said would add to their meagre savings, AFP news agency reported. Mr Balawing blew out a candle on his birthday cake and said "I'm tired".
GWR paid tribute to Mr Magar, saying he "didn't let his small size stop him from getting the most out of life". Mr Magar was recognised as the world's smallest man on his 18th birthday in , at a ceremony attended by local and international dignitaries.
I'm a big man. I hope that having this title enables me to prove it and get a proper house for me and my family," he said at the time. GWR has two categories for people of short stature - mobile and non-mobile. Filipino Junrey Balawing, who is unable to walk or stand unaided, is the world's shortest non-mobile man, measuring Mr Magar lost his title as the world's shortest mobile man to fellow Nepalese national Chandra Bahadur Dangi, who measured However, he regained it following Mr Dangi's death in Search for:.
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