POLICE arrested a 67-year-old bomoh, suspected of raping a 23-year-old woman, allegedly when treating her at a house in Kg Tendong, Pasir Mas, on Friday.

Pasir Mas police chief Mohd Nasaruddin M. Nasir said the incident is believed to happen at about 3pm when the woman was undergoing treatment at the bomoh’s house.

He said according to the woman, she went to the bomoh’s house with her mother and husband-to-be and was then asked by the bomoh, known as “Ayahsu”, to go to a treatment room through a door at the back of the house.

The woman claimed that the bomoh raped her in the room.

Nasaruddin told a press conference today that the woman lodged a police report on the same day, following which the bomoh was arrested at about midnight.

The suspect is in remand until October 22 to facilitate investigation into the incident under section 376 of the penal code, which provides for an imprisonment for up to 20 years and whipping, if found guilty. – Bernama, October 17, 2021.