The following piece is satirical. It is intended to show the double-standards in Malaysia. If you're a MJ lover, no hard feelings intended.
PUTRAJAYA: As the whole world wept over the King of Pop's tragic death in Malaysia, Malaysian authorities are perplexed as to how to conduct the burial ceremony.
MJ's life was littered with controversies. Now, even on his death bed, MJ is shrouded with controversies. Malaysian authorities claim that MJ has converted to Islam after his recent tour in Malaysia. And in this country where Islam is the official religion and over two thirds of the population are Muslims, MJ's afterlife look rather bleak.
As MJ's death broke over the Internet, his parents flew down to Kuala Lumpur to arrange for the body to be flown back to Neverland Ranch, where MJ's final resting place was thought to be. But Malaysian authorities are now adamant that MJ is in fact a Muslim convert and they now refuse to hand the body over. As Joseph Jackson, father of MJ, demanded for evidence of the conversion at Universiti Hospital's mortuary, Malaysian Islamic authorities promptly handed over a piece of paper which had a finger print believed that of MJ's. The Malaysian Islamic authorities are now expected to give MJ a rather hurried burial, an Islamic one at that.
MJ's case comes just days after that of Mohan Singh. Mr Singh's body was confiscated by the authorities under the very noses of his family members, saying that Mr Singh had in fact converted to Islam in 1992 and had to be buried according to Muslim rites.
Malaysia has a long standing record of "body-snatching" cases, as they are generously labelled by those affected.
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