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New Nation / Article, Illustration7 November 1975 - He's always been something of a mystery to lots of people, but it is only lately that he's been the subject of scientific study Rites and rituals can be big business to an exorcist. At least one In Johore Is reported to have bought several houses and a2,036 words -
Berita Harian / Article, Illustration3 March 1985 - SETENGAH-SETE-NGAH orang masih menemui bomoh kerana mempercayai akan kuasa luar biasa atau magic yang dipunyai oleh bomoh. Menurut Cik Siti Hanifah Mustapha dalam tesis sarjananya, Malay Magic and Folk Medicinal Practice among the Malays in Singapore, yang disiapkan dalam 1978, kuasa bomoh boleh digolongkan kepada empat.661 words -
The Straits Times / Article14 August 1963 - Bride who faints at wedding revived by bomoh DENANG, Tues. A i bomoh was called to a Malay wedding at i Tanjong Bungah last i night when the bride faulted just before the bersanding ceremony. The bride, Che Kalthom Dinte Ismail, an 18-year-old religious teacher, regained consciousness a few minutes207 words -
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The Singapore Free Press / Article16 March 1957 - A leffer from a reader WAS very sorry to see that Pelham Groom's series of articles on Malay Magic had come to an end. I realise, of course, that they could not go on indefinitely but they were so full of local interest that I hoped that they160 words -
New Nation / Article12 October 1971 - By Max Vanzi Millions of Malay- J sians, out of love, hate, sick body or troubled mind, seek solace in a world of elusive spirits. To capture and control 1 the spirits is a task no or- 1 dlnary mortal can perform. But theMax Vanzi - 884 words -
The Straits Times / Article23 January 2003 - Cops and academics drawn to bomoh's teachings PENANG Malay civil servants, intellectuals and university lecturers have been found to be followers of a preacher who claimed to be able to speak to God and the Prophet Muhammad, said Penang Deputy Chief Minister Helmi Yahaya. He said the teachings had spreadTHE STAR; Asia News Network; New Straits Times - 134 words -
The Straits Times / Article, Illustration8 July 2003 - MALACCA Police were made to wait until an Orang Asli bomoh came out of a 12--hour trance before questioning him m connection with Saturday's ritual killing of his mother. Malacca police were only able to question the 27-year-old suspect on Sunday when the tranceSIN CHEW DAILYK; ASIA NEWS NETWORK; THE STAR - 300 words -
The Straits Times / Article12 October 1958 - Bomoh will hunt for hidden gold TELUK ANSON. Sat. The Malay syndicate which i<» searching for the fabulous $2 million Suzuki trrasure of gold, silver, jewellery and bullion, will employ a "bomoh" to help it locate the wealth. The hunt for the treasure by the syndicate began early in Aucust86 words -
Singapore Standard / Article29 March 1951 - Standard Stuff Correspondent BESIT, KELANTAN, Wed. A "romantic"' gander, who followed a beautiful young married Malay woman about Kampong Buloh, near Besut, for three whole days much to the woman's embarrassment, was declared to be "deeply in love" by a bomoh Malay medicineman. The172 words -
The New Paper / Article, Illustration10 February 2002 - A-grade student breaks down later, alleging rape By Lee Tee Jong HE only wanted his daughter to be treated so she could do well in her studies. But his child allegedly ended up being raped in hotel rooms that he booked, whileLee Tee Jong - Picture/ Malay Mail - 431 words -
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New Nation / Article9 November 1975 - INTERLUDE Humour paik choo WHOEVER said time and tide wait for no man has obviously not had the fortune or otherwise to cross paths with a bomoh. My news editor, in an effort to get me out of her dyed910 words -
The New Paper / Article, Illustration3 April 1991 - By Lo Tien Yin H I E has been a drug dealer, a gambler, a police inspector, a communist, and then a communist- fighter. He has even played Hamlet in a Malay version of the Shakespeare's play. So to be or not to be aLo Tien Yin - 606 words -
Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle / Article4 August 1938 - Malay Succumbs To Snake Bite (From Our Own Correspondent> Alor Star, Aug. 4. How a Malay bitten by a poisonous snake while fishing out at sea might have lived if he had been rushed to hospital, instead of calling a bomoh to attend to him, was387 words -
Singapore Standard / Article, Illustration24 February 1959 - Love Troubles Of A Henpecked Husband JN this age of "wolves" m men's clothing, anything can happen even to husbands. Now, here's what happened to a guy (married and very much henpecked) who saw a beautiful nightclub singer and fell for her like a ton of bricks. He had plans483 words -
The Straits Times / Article, Illustration26 September 1963 - Bomoh gets 7 years for raping girl, 13 KUALA LUMPUR, Wednesday. A BOMOH was sentenced to seven years' jail by Mr. Justice Gill in the High Court today for raping a 13-year-old girl He told the bomoh. Ismail bin Naina Mohamed. 42: "You took mean advantage of simple Malay folk370 words -
The Straits Times / Article24 May 1959 - BOMOH HELPS TO RECOVER BODY OF BOY LOST IN SEA bittehworth sat "bonioh" (Malay medicine man* was lulled in to htip in the search lor the body of a schoolboy. N. (lirlii.ih, who disappeared while learning to swim in the sea near the government clerical quarters at Club Road her?102 words -
The New Paper / Article15 March 2014 - Even after garnering international infamy, the bomoh is not ready to fade into the background. Mr Ibrahim Mat Zin conducted a supernatural search-and-rescue mission for the missing plane at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport, which left Malaysian Youth and Sports Minister341 words
