Buffalo plus cash equals brother

Buffalo plus cash equals brother

KUPANG, East Nusa Tenggara (JP): Yacobus Hery has given his
late younger brother's parents-in-law a headache instead of the
10 buffalo and Rp 5 million (US$2,100) in cash they have been
persistently demanding.

Yacobus, a poor farmer, told the parents-in-law last week he
would gladly meet all their requests as long as they revived his
younger brother, Heronimus, who died aged 38 five years ago.

The buffaloes and cash that the parents have been demanding
constitute traditional compensation for the mother-in-law's
breast milk she used to feed her now widowed daughter.

"I lived a restless life before I eventually struck upon the
appropriate answer which has successfully silenced my brother's
parents-in-law," Yacobus said.

He said he assured them he would not only pay the compensation
but would also throw a grand party if they could bring his
brother back to life.

Yacobus insisted his counter demand was only "fair" because
the late Heronimus once confided that his wife, Theresia, now 35,
neglected him while he was seriously ill.

Theresia denied Yacobus' account. (yac/pan)