Cops want to bury Oom Paul
2004-08-23 17:20
Bloemfontein - Police are likely to approach the Bloemfontein magistrate's court on Tuesday for an order to bury Paul Meintjes, whose family was told by a "prophet" that he would rise from the dead.
By Monday evening, the family had not met their deadline to contact the police with funeral arrangements, said Free State police spokesperson Sam Makhele.
Police took the corpse away from them on Saturday amid concerns that it posed a health hazard.
Meintjes' widow had been keeping it beside her bed in her home in Hertzogville.
Makhele said a state funeral would take place should the order be granted.
- SAPA