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How could this happened!?😮🙄😮 Rear axle detached from car!?😮🙄😮 CAR REAR AXLE DETACHED VID_20210423_152211.mp4

Dear all, I am driving an OPC and got hit from behind recently in KL, Malaysia. As a result, the rear panel and bumper were dented and the OPC car number plate bracket was detached. Note that the number plate seal is fine, just that the metal bracket (a rod) connecting car plate from inside the bumper which was welded to the car body got detached at the welded part. Since the accident happened in KL, the other party has offered to pay for a workshop to repair my bumper at her cost. However, I would like to know if its ok to just weld back the car plate bracket without applying the permission from LTA since I do not need to break the car plate seal. Also, is there any standards governing the bracket welding? I don't want the LTA to say that i have tempered the car plate in my next inspection when they see that the welding is new. Appreciate if any bros or sis here can advise on this matter if you happen to know about the car plate seal bracket welding. Singapore workshop has advised me to replaced the whole bumper and that requires approval from LTA to break the number plate seal while malaysia workshop can just patch the bumper crack for me but they have no idea how to handle the car plate seal. The other party is a Malay auntie, and she didn't tailgate, it just happened that she was observing the main road traffic while trying to filter out but failed to check whether I have already filtered out. So I don't want her to pay so much. It'll be a lot cheaper for the other party to pay for the damage (SGD1k vs RM600). Any advise is very much appreciated. Thank you.