Jocko's will gives estate to mother, children

Washington, Jun 30: After the details of the autopsy report, the media has now unearthed Michael Jackson's will which reportedly divides his estate between his mother, three children and one or more charities, but his father's name however has not made the cut.



According to a Wall Street Journal report published on Tuesday, Jun 30, the King of Pop's will gives away Jackson's estate to his Mother and his three children along with some charities. Michael's father, Joseph Jackson however get no share of the assets.


The 2002 will which is belieived to be his last one is going to be submitted to a judge on Thurday, Jul 2.

According to WSJ, Micheal jackson has named lawyer John Branca and a music executive John Mclain, a friend of Jackson, as executors. And the lawyer has revealed that the parents have still not seen the will.

Jackson's mother was given the temporary custody of the three children on Tuesday, Jun 30 by a Los Angeles Court.

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Mayawati statues spree challenged

The politician Mayawati has been accused of wrongly using public cash to make statues of herself and her allies, in a case at India's Supreme Court.

The court gave Mayawati, who is chief minister of Uttar Pradesh state, four weeks to respond to the petition.

She has dismissed the case as a political conspiracy against her.

The case was brought by a lawyer who accuses her of wasting public money and space to build vast statues in the interests of self-glorification.

In the last week alone she has unveiled 15 new memorials, including two of herself.

'Shameful'

The BBC's Rahul Tandon in Delhi says that since coming to power Mayawati, as she is usually known, has constructed 50 huge figures of herself, her political mentors and of elephants - the symbol of her party.
Often called the Dalit Queen, she is an icon for India's 160m low-caste Hindus, formerly the "untouchables".

She leads the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), which has its power base in Uttar Pradesh.

But Mayawati's spending on statues and memorials has come in for sharp criticism.

Uttar Pradesh is one of India's most deprived states, with a high crime rate and poor health services.

One Indian lawyer has filed a case accusing her of wasting millions of dollars in public funds in the construction of these statues.

India's Home Minister P Chidambaram has described the statue-building as "shameful".

Statues of political leaders are generally put up posthumously, but Mayawati has said that belief is outdated.

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