Re-new after Expired EP

Hi,
My EP has been expired on 23 December 2017 (including 1 month special pass), then I have been back to my country on time.

Now my Company where I worked in Malaysia, they want to again join with them with EP.

So, my question is, what is my EP procedure by the company ? Is applying for renew or as a fresh EP ?

Point to noted that last time after submit all documents to MDEC, I lost my educational certificate.

So, exparts can you please give me suggestion what I do? Now Im at another country, for that I cannot collect another copy of my certificate from my own country.
Thanks.

If the documents were uploaded to the Mdec or Esd databases they may still be stored electronically. But this application is new

Thanks for your reply.