Chinese ridicule Malaysia’s recruitment of ‘witch doctor’ to track missing plane

Chinese netizens have mocked reports that the Malaysian government invited a witch doctor to help hunt for the missing state carrier's plane amid increasing criticism of the search and rescue operation.
Malaysian media reported that Ibrahim Mat Zin, a famous “bomoh” [shaman] also known as the Raja Bomoh Sedunia Nujum VIP, performed a prayer at Kuala Lumpur International Airport on Monday to help locate the missing MH370, allegedly at the invitation of one of the country’s top leaders....

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10 years ago

Newser

15 Jan

The Grisly 'Charms' That Spurred a Witch Doctor Ban

Newser
The Grisly 'Charms' That Spurred a Witch Doctor Ban
Newser
(Newser) – Being kidnapped and killed for body parts sounds like something out of a horror movie, but for Tanzania's albino population, it's a horror that's all too real. The country has issued a ban on witch doctors to try to stem such murders, which officials say ...
Tanzania bans witchdoctors, sets up taskforce to curb albino attacksSabahi Online
Tanzania Bans Witchdoctors To Stop Albino KillingsHeadlines & Global News
Tanzania...

 

9 years ago

Telegraph.Co.Uk

23 Sep

Kenyan's albinos moved away from Tanzania border amid witch doctor threat

Telegraph.co.uk
Kenyan's albinos moved away from Tanzania border amid witch doctor threat
Telegraph.co.uk
Albinos living in Kenya have been evacuated from areas bordering Tanzania for fear they will be targeted by witch doctors as the country approaches elections next month. So far, 35 people have been moved from their homes into protected areas away from ...
Lobby Moves Albinos From Areas Near TanzaniaAllAfrica.com
Man living with albinism dies following attackCitizen TV (press release)
Albino...

 

10 years ago

Citizen News

01 Sep

Safari Express Plane Missing

Safari Express Plane Missing
Citizen News
A safari express plane with three passengers on board headed for Magadi from Mwanza, Tanzania has been reported missing. According to Kenya Airports Police, the air control officials in Dar-es-salaam said they lost touch of it soon after it took off on ...
Aircraft headed for Magadi with three on board goes missingThe Standard Digital News

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10 years ago

TRFN

17 Feb

Kidnap of Tanzanian albino child sparks call to enforce witch doctor ban

The Daily Star
Kidnap of Tanzanian albino child sparks call to enforce witch doctor ban - TRFN
Daily Mail
DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania, Feb 17 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - T he abduction of an albino child in Tanzania sparked calls on Tuesday for greater action to enforce a newly-imposed ban on witch doctors to stop the killing of albinos whose body parts ...
Tanzanian albino toddler seized in feared witchcraft attackNews24

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10 years ago

Reuters Africa

18 Feb

Kidnap of Tanzanian albino child sparks call to enforce witch doctor ban: TRFN

Telegraph.co.uk
Kidnap of Tanzanian albino child sparks call to enforce witch doctor ban: TRFN
Reuters Africa
DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The abduction of an albino child in Tanzania sparked calls on Tuesday for greater action to enforce a newly-imposed ban on witch doctors to stop the killing of albinos whose body parts are prized ...
Albino toddler kidnapped in TanzaniaTelegraph.co.uk
Albino Activism in Tanzania: VICE News Meets Josephat TornerVICE News
Tanzania:...

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

29 Dec

AirAsia plane with 162 on board missing: reports

>Rescuers scoured the sea for an AirAsia plane carrying 162 people which went missing in bad weather yesterday en route from Indonesia to Singapore, the third crisis for a Malaysian carrier this year.

 

9 years ago

TheCitizen

11 Nov

Chinese plane to arrive, 6yrs late

China’s main commercial aircraft maker will deliver its long-delayed first homegrown regional jet by the end of 2015, state media reported yesterday, years behind the originally announced deadline.

 

10 years ago

Michuzi

AirAsia QZ8501: Forty bodies found in missing plane search

At least 40 bodies have been recovered from the sea in the search for missing AirAsia Flight QZ8501, the Indonesian navy says.
The bodies were spotted along with debris floating in the Java Sea off the Indonesian part of Borneo, in one of the search zones for the plane.
There has been no official confirmation that the remains come from the plane.
The Airbus A320-200, carrying 162 people from Surabaya in Indonesia to Singapore, disappeared on Sunday.
The search operation is now in its third day,...

 

5 years ago

Daily Mail

15 Feb

Chinese coronavirus doctor goes to work while husband drives behind to protect her

Chinese coronavirus doctor goes to work while husband drives behind to protect her  Daily Mail

 

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