Wives fight to bury dead husband

Mortuary refused to release body of an Indonesian man because of a spat.

Kuala Lumpur, Dec 17: A Malaysian mortuary refused to release the body of a 38-year-old Indonesian man because of a spat between his wives over his burial, a news report said Wednesday.

Muslam Sukarno, a resident of the northern state of Pahang, died after his car plunged into a ravine Tuesday morning, the News Straits Times reported. His current Indonesian wife and former Malaysian wife got into a fight at the mortuary over who was entitled to bury him. To defuse tensions, the hospital authorities refused to release the body after they completed the post-mortem. District police chief Yahya Otman said the body would not be released until the women reached a solution. IANS