Body-swapping ritual ends in death

• Compiled by CRYSTAL CHIAM SHIYING , FATIMAH ZAINAL and R. ARAVINTHAN

TWO friends, who had keen interest on the occult, were found dead after a failed attempt in body-switching using black magic.

Tamil Nesan reported that Ramakrishnan, 37, and Rajkumar, 26, were known in their village in Tamil Nadu for their claims that they were “very close” to carrying out body-swapping.

Body-swapping is when one person’s consciousness is transferred to the body of another.

Last Friday, the men went to a forest near their homes to meditate. When they did not return, their concerned families went looking for them.

They were shocked to find the two friends unconscious with no injuries to their bodies.

The authorities verified that they were dead. An autopsy has been ordered to determine the cause of their mysterious deaths.

> A family in Ijok, Selangor, is furious after a dredging company allegedly piled up sand on their land and built an access road without their permission, Tamil Nesan reported.

The company had apparently excavated sand from Sungai Buloh.

While the dredging appears to be legal, it is believed that the company did not seek permission to make use of the privately-owned land.

• Found in translation is compiled from the vernacular newspapers (Bahasa Malaysia, Chinese and Tamil dailies). As such, stories are grouped according to the respective language/medium. Where a paragraph begins with a >, it denotes a separate news item.