Eerie knocks haunt Negri Sembilan villagers

Compiled by ZAKIAH KOYA, C.ARUNO and R.ARAVINTAN

THE residents of a village in Negri Sembilan are gripped by an eerie and mysterious phenomenon.

Villagers are reporting instances of spine-chilling knocks on their doors in the dead of night, Harian Metro reported.

Hasdi Abu Hasan, the first victim, experienced the inexplicable on Dec 31, setting off a wave of unsettling incidents in Kampung Kepis Ulu, Kuala Pilah.

“What surprised me was how the two dogs around my house did not make any sound when it happened,” he said.

He added that the mysterious knocks happened again two days later but went on to disturb other villagers after that.

Hasdi said since then, he would make sure all the lights in the house are switched on at night and remind his family not to respond to the knocking sounds.

While some sceptics suggest pranks, the villagers, now numbering 16 disturbed households, are taking no chances.

Another resident Nafisah Mohd Sahabuddin, 38, said the same incident happened at her home around 3.50am on Sunday.

“It was right by where I slept... I heard it clearly.

“After three knocks, the door knob was turned. I dared not open the door for fear that something bad might happen but I switched on the lights.

“I peered out of the window but saw no one,” she said, adding that she was asleep with her grandmother and 10-year-old daughter.

Village head S. Afendi Baharuddin said he had sought help from the police and members of the People’s Volunteer Corps to patrol the village to calm the residents and to prevent unwanted incidents.

“We have also asked the youth to join in the rounds,” he added.

> The daily also reported that a young man in Penang raked in RM1,000 daily from selling fake branded clothing on social media.

The Domestic Trade and Cost of Living Ministry’s Penang chief enforcement officer A. Mogan said they found a huge stock of clothes at the 27-year-old suspect’s rented home on Tuesday.

“We are still counting (the pieces). So far, we have confiscated 5,050 pieces valued at about RM40,400,” he added.

The man told investigators that he had kept stocks since 2020 but only started selling via TikTok around mid-last year.

He has been detained to assist further investigations under the Trademarks Act 2019.

The above articles are 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.