MELAKA: A bomoh has been sentenced to a total of 50 years in jail and 13 strokes of the cane after pleading guilty to four counts of sexually abusing a teenager on the pretext of treating her for ...

Controversial academic Dr Ridhuan Tee Abdullah (pic) condemned the "Bomoh King" who performed rituals to find missing passenger jet MH370, saying he would not have converted to Islam if the ritual had ...

The word “bomoh” is trending worldwide and has been tweeted more than 200,000 times, with the most obvious sentiment expressed being shame, the BBC reported. "It's so embarrassing to have 'Malaysia' ...

The concept of a mere mortal like a ‘bomoh’ being able to control the weather is something hard to comprehend. (Jojo Struys pic) When I was in the make-up chair for one of my very first TV commercial ...

A belief in the supernatural is widespread in Malaysia, but the practice has a different twist in the country where meddling with the occult is banned under Islam. Mazlan Hakim is one of a new breed ...

CHUKAI: A young 'bomoh’ (shaman) pleaded guilty in the Sessions Court here on Thursday (Feb 13), to three counts of physical sexual assault on an 11-year-old girl. Muhammad Adiq Alqbab Zanuddin, 20, ...

JOHOR BARU (THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) - The Consumer Claims Tribunal was set up to allow consumers to file claims in a speedy and inexpensive manner. But it has seen some really strange cases. One ...

Terengganu police chief Khairi Khairuddin said the suspect has a prior criminal record for rape. (Bernama pic) Police have arrested a bomoh for allegedly molesting an 11-year-old girl in Kemaman ...

A Malaysian shaman - or "Bomoh" - wielding coconuts and bamboo binoculars to locate missing flight MH370, has triggered a mixture of outrage and embarrassment from the country's social media users.