The Borneo Post

‘ Raja Bomoh’ will soon have date with cops

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MALACCA: The self- acclaimed ‘ Raja Bomoh’ who performed a beach ritual to ‘protect’ Malaysia from North Korea’s attacks will soon have a date with the police.

Real name Ibrahim Mat Zin, the socalled ‘Clairvoyan­t Shaman King of the World’ will give a statement pertaining to the ritual in which he had used a bamboo cannon to ‘thwart’ other foreign threats or attacks.

“Enough is enough. Do not do silly things. His actions are clearly embarrassi­ng the Malays. I have asked him to stop and use the Quran and Sunnah as guidance.

“Is there a necessity to ‘shoot’ using a bamboo cannon? This is polytheism. It is not in our culture,” said InspectorG­eneral of Police Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar.

He said the police had received several reports of ritual acts being performed by the individual who hailed from Teluk Intan, Perak.

He said the investigat­ion against Ibrahim would be conducted in accordance with Section 111 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CPC).

“We can call anyone to facilitate investigat­ions under the CPC when the report is received from the public,” he told reporters after launching the ‘Kembara Sang Saka Biru’ programme in conjunctio­n with 210th Police Day celebratio­ns on March 25 here yesterday.

Khalid called on Ibrahim to cease performing rituals as his actions could cause confusion among the people, especially when it involved polytheist­ic practices.

On March 17, Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department, Datuk Dr Asyraf Wajdi Dusuki reminded the public not to spread Ibrahim’s rituals on social media as it would indirectly, promote the individual concerned.

Recently, videos and image recordings of various activities of the ‘Raja Bomoh’, who is also founder of the Seni Silat Gayung Ghaib Associatio­n of Malaysia went viral on social media. — Bernama

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