Imelda Marcos Says ‘No’ to Cargo Plane for Husband’s Body
Former Philippine first lady Imelda Marcos has called off plans to bring her husband’s body home for burial this week after rejecting a minister’s offer to ferry the corpse back from Hawaii in a cargo plane.
“I will not subject my husband to that indignity of being put in a cargo plane,” the widow of the former dictator said in a statement Friday. “September first is off.”
The family had planned to bring the former president’s remains home Tuesday for burial in his northern home province of Ilocos Norte after a nine-day wake.
The Marcoses have been accused of plundering $5 billion from the Philippine treasury.
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