Compiled by MARTIN CARVALHO and R.ARAVINTAN
LOCAL artiste Arrora Salwa (pic) has denied using the services of a female bomoh, as claimed by some Internet users.
The 39-year-old singer-actress, whose real name is Salwa Md Razak, recently uploaded a post on TikTok to dispel such allegations, saying she practises the recitation of Quran verses instead.
“Some say Arrora Salwa uses a ‘mak esah’ (female medium), Arrora Salwa uses spells.
“They say, there is no need to use a ‘mak esah’. Just use verses from the Quran,” Harian Metro quoted her as saying.
In the same post, Arrora also demonstrated walking under a clothes line as it is said that such an act should be avoided by those using the services of a bomoh.
“One more thing, people say that those who use a ‘mak esah’ cannot pass under a clothes line, right? Okay... No ‘mak esah’,” she wrote.
Many of her fans said they found the antics of Arrora, who is well known for the song Ahmad, entertaining.
> A 49-year-old jobless man pleaded guilty in a Kemaman Magistrate’s Court in Terengganu to using an imitation weapon to damage his neighbour’s home windows on Thursday, Utusan Malaysia reported.
Tan Chee Kiong from Taman Banggol Indah, Kampung Paya, Berenjut, was accused of having used a “slingshot” to fire several ball bearings at about 4.30pm on Dec 28, which damaged the complainant’s home windows and caused a loss of RM3,000.
He was charged under the Penal Code for maliciously using a weapon in the incident.
Tan was also charged under the Firearms Act after he was found to be in possession of a slingshot gun and a plastic container with 79 ball bearings in it.
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