Spirit scare on rubber estate.
By Henry Paul, Ipoh, Sept. 12.
A poltergeist has been causing a commotion in the labour lines on Pinji Estate, about seven miles from here, during the past three days. Stones, bottles and crockery came mysteriously crashing down on the floor of a house in a row of eight, at intervals from early in the morning till just after nightfall.
The manager of the estate, Mr H. Carruthers, and his assistant, Inche Abdul Rahman bin Abdullah, after witnessing the activities of the poltergeist all morning today, said: “We are mystified.” According to Mr Carruthers, the attentions of the poltergeist are being directed against a little Indian girl. The girl, whose mother died in childbirth recently, had been staying with relatives in Menglembu. Later she was sent to Pinji Estate to live with her uncle. “She arrived on our estate three years ago,” said Mr Carruthers, “and ever since, the house in which she is living has had the attention of a poltergeist.” The girl’s uncle, D. Rengasamy, a tapper, and his young wife have no children.
As a result of complaints from Rengasamy and others living in the nearby houses, Mr Carruthers went with his assistant manager, and a friend to Rengasamy’s house this morning. “While I sat at a table, stones suddenly appeared in mid-air and started falling round the little girl, who was standing near me,” said Mr Carruthers. “The stones could not have come through the roof as it is of aluminium and there is no hole of any size in it,” he added. When the girl was not in the house, nothing happened.
After a Malay bomoh came “the situation became worse,” said Inche Abdul Rahman. “Bottles, cups and plates started falling into the house. There is complete confusion in the lines,” he added.
The Straits Budget, 21st September 1960.
‘Spirit’ on Estate Cuts Down On Its Activities.
Ipoh, Tues.
All was quiet today in the labour lines on Pinji Estate, seven miles from here, after three hectic days of commotion caused by a poltergeist. This morning, D. Rengasamy, a tapper, whose house had been plagued by the poltergeist’s activities, smiled for the first time since “strange things” began to happen last Saturday. He said that there had only been two incidents today. Early this morning, an empty soft-drink bottle, kept on a shelf about five feet from the ground, fell onto the cement floor, but did not break. Later a stone landed on the aluminium roof.
The manager of the estate, Mr H. Carruthers, and his assistant, Inche Abdul Rahman bin Abdullah, visited Rengasamy’s house several times today. This afternoon a bomoh arrived at the house to chant prayers and exorcise the poltergeist from the house.
The Straits Times, 14th September 1960.