London, Aug 17 - Michael Jackson's mother has moved the King of Pop's body to a secret freezer because she wanted it kept where she could visit him privately.

Jackson's body had been temporarily entombed in Motown legend Berry Gordy's family crypt at a cemetery in the Hollywood Hills. But it was reported that Jackson was moved under tight security to the basement of another cemetery, reported mirror.co.uk.

Katherine is apparently refusing to let her son be buried because she is terrified robbers will snatch his body. So Jackson lies alone in a small, bare brick 'cold room' in a gold casket that is under perspex to keep out frost.

'She cries and says that she's sorry and that she loves him,' said a source.

There are plans to move Jackson's body to a permanent memorial accessible to the public.