MANILA. Dec 11 : Former first lady Imelda Marcos asked the Supreme Court on -Wednesday to allow the unconditional return of her husband's body from Hawaii for burial in the Philippines, reports AP.

Marcos said In a petition filed with the high tribunal that the government ban on, the return of body of the late President Ferdinand Marcos was a "wrongful interference" the private rights of her family.

"It is pure and simple harassment there being no more perceive national security threat to the return of the remains of the late president." Mrs. Marcos said.

Marcos asked the Supreme Court to stop the government of President Corazon Aquino from setting conditions on when, where and how her husband should be burled.

Marcos died in September 1989 in Hawal. where his family fled shortly after the February 1986 uprising ousted him from 20 year tn power and catapulted Mrs. Aquino to the presidency. ,