1955,Malaysia- An Indian marriage couple came to Malaysia to find a better job.They only afford travelling by sea.The woman was pregnant on that time.On the ship,they met a kind hearted man named Jaafar.Jaafar introduced Omar to the Indian man,hoping Omar will find a job for him since Omar was a business man in manufacturing flour and spices.But Omar starred at his beautiful wife strangely.Jaafar also introduced him to a malay family and they offered the indian couple a spare room in their house.The head of the malay family named Syed.
The Indian Man Left Home
The next morning,Omar came and planned to go somewhere with Jaafar and the indian man to talk business.The Indian wife disagree but her husband think it would be impolite to reject the invitation,so he joined them.When the man is back,the man told his wife the plans of Omar.Omar wants Jaafar and him to be his business associate and it led a big argument between the couple because the wife sensed something amiss about the Omar.But the man choose to trust Omar.
The Indian Woman Starts Interested In Omar
One day,the Indian man had to leave to India for three weeks and to Jaipur with Jaafar after that.Then they will turn to Madras as planned by Omar.This is would be a long trip.Since the man left,his wife had to rely on Omar for her husband information.Omar visited the Indian woman everyday.He would buying foods,gifts or take her to clinic whenever she needed.Syed,the head of the malay family who was staying together with the Indian woman cautioned her not to trust Omar.But the Indian woman starts interested in Omar.
Syed asked Omar about Jaafar and the Indian man news since already three weeks passed but Omar will blamed a delay in Madras.Syed also expressed his disapproval to Omar frequent visits to the Indian woman and this led them an argument.
Since then,Omar not coming for two days.On third day,Syed's daughter become very ill.She was vomiting blood and screaming,hysterically in pain.Syed took her to "bomoh"(witch doctor) and the "bomoh" told him that she was possessed by a powerful evil spirit which the bomoh admitting he was not enough power to remove the evil spirit.He recommended them a "bomoh" from Perak.Syed also asked about Indian woman condition and the "bomoh" gave them a herbal mixture for her.
After the Indian woman drinking it,she became nauseous and vomited.To the horror,they saw tiny nails in the contents of her vomit.She became ill two days afterwards.
They Found The Indian Man
One day,the Indian woman with Syed want to ask Omar about the Indian man news and went to Omar's house by taxi.They turned to Omar's factory to find him when he is not at home.To their biggest surprise,they saw the Indian man was worked at the factory as a slave.He was a literally a zombie and just starred his wife blankly without recognize her.Syed trying to pulled away the Indian man from the machine but he starred expressionless at Syed and continued his working on machine.There was nothing else Syed could do,so he returned home with the Indian woman.
The next day,Syed went to the factory again with his friend,Ahmin and brought along concotion attached by "bomoh" for the Indian man to drink.This led to a violent fight between Omar and them.Finally,Syed succeed to bring the Indian man home.The following day,Syed went to Perak to find the powerful "bomoh".Once Syed's daughter came inside the "bomoh" house,she recovery in a sudden.The "bomoh" explained that the evil spirit not dare to step into his house.The "bomoh" said the Indian woman should always wear talisman because someone is trying to win her by black magic and he would not stop trying.Syed was so happy to see his daughter recover and told the "bomoh" he would pay him anything he wants.But he only asked Syed do a simple favor.He gave Syed a bundled cloth to bury it under a banana tree somewhere behind the house.
The Mystery Doll
Meanwhile back at Syed's house,the Indian man showed no improvement after drinking the concotion three days ago.They brought him to hospital but he still remained like a zombie.The Indian man died after four days,when Syed is returned.The event recovery was a doll.It was muddy looking doll made of sticks and cloth.There are some arabic words on that cloth.Part of that written was the Indian man's name.The doll was apparently dropped somewhere in the bushes in front of Syed's house.The doll's limb was bound very tightly so as to represented person a prisoner-a zombie.If only they had found the doll sooner,the Indian man might be save.Omar was last heard leaving in 1956 for Singapore and Jaafar was never heard.This story is telling by the Indian man's son who are 55 years old now.
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