 Since his resignation, Jeyaretnam authored the books "Make it Right for Singapore" and "The Hatchet Man of Singapore" and was often seen promoting his books outside Centrepoint, a shopping centre on Orchard Road.In May 2007, Jeyaretnam was discharged from bankrupt and eventually reinstated in the bar later September, in which he would went on to register and form Reform Party on 3 July 2008, where he became the pro-tem Secretary-General.On 30 September, around three months after founding, Jeyaretnam died following a heart attack, and over a thousand people attended his funeral.