Health on to Oom Paul's case
2004-08-19 16:29
Bloemfontein - Health department inspectors were deciding whether the body of Oom Paul Meintjies posed a health risk, said Free State police on Thursday.
Three members of his family have been waiting for him to rise from the dead after a Durban "prophet" predicted this would happen.
Inspector Lorraine Kalp said the Meintjies family of Hertzogville had got a removal certificate from undertaker Nico Foulds, authorising them to take the body home.
Once they had the certificate, they were free to do with the body what they wanted, Kalp said. She added that no police investigation into the matter was underway.
Oom Paul has been dead for 50 days.
On Wednesday, Foulds took the corpse from the mortuary and delivered it to Meintjies' widow.
Foulds said he supplied gloves to the family if they wanted to handle the corpse.
Meintjes' body was in a coffin next to his widow's bed.
- SAPA