Shaman arrested for alleged sex with minor
SIBU: A 68-year-old man, who is a shaman, was arrested by the police for allegedly having sexual intercourse with a 12-year-old girl. Sibu District Police Chief ACP Stanley Jonathan Ringgit when confirming this in his statement on Saturday (Apr 10) said the alleged offence happened on March 14 in a budget hotel in the city […]
Disappearing traditional Melanau treatment method
MUKAH: Around the 1960s until the 1990s, the sick in the Melanau community would usually undergo a pebayoh ceremony (a traditional Melanau treatment method) to seek treatment. In fact, I myself have undergone this ceremony and often saw it from the 1970s to the early 1990s. At that time, the famous bayoh (shaman) were the […]
Shaman arrested for alleged rape
KAPIT: Police arrested a shaman for allegedly raping a 15-year-old girl who had requested treatment to cast out unwanted spirits. District police chief DSP Freddy Bian confirmed that the incident happened around 6pm on Dec 24. The girl’s mother brought her to seek counsel from a shaman as she believed her daughter was disturbed by […]
