Man allowed to keep deceased friend in warehouse freezer
{{date|August 26, 2005}}

[[w:Russia|Russian]] businessman Xiao Li Bei has received permission to keep his deceased friend in an industrial freezer.

Police in the town of [[w:Novosibirsk|Novosibirsk]] discovered the body during a routine health and safety inspection of Xiao's warehouse. Xiao, of [[w:Chinese|Chinese ]] ancestry, told police that his friend died of natural causes two years prior.

Challenged in court on the issue, prosecutors allowed Xiao to continue on as he has, unless evidence contrary to the natural death claim arises. There is no Russian law against personally storing human remains.

Xiao commented "I just thought it would be easier to store the body myself. There's so much bureaucracy here I knew the paperwork would be endless otherwise. And I have a large industrial freezer in my warehouse."

== Sources ==
*{{source|url=http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_1513487.html?menu=news.quirkies
|title=Man can hold on to pal's corpse
|author=
|pub=Ananova
|date=August 26, 2005}}

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Russian businessman Xiao Li Bei has received permission to keep his deceased friend in an industrial freezer.

Police in the town of Novosibirsk discovered the body during a routine health and safety inspection of Xiao's warehouse. Xiao, of Chinese  ancestry, told police that his friend died of natural causes two years prior.

Challenged in court on the issue, prosecutors allowed Xiao to continue on as he has, unless evidence contrary to the natural death claim arises. There is no Russian law against personally storing human remains.

Xiao commented "I just thought it would be easier to store the body myself. There's so much bureaucracy here I knew the paperwork would be endless otherwise. And I have a large industrial freezer in my warehouse."
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