A 52-year-old man who took advantage of his position as a self-claimed exorcist to conduct a despicable act of molestation on a teenage girl.
The Straits Times reports that Mohamed Said Mohamed Sani — who claims to treat people with "spiritual disturbances" for free — has been sentenced to a year in jail after the girl accused him of touching her inappropriately.
The incident occurred back in 2011 at her uncle's flat in Marsiling, where her mother had first asked Said to 'treat' her elder son. Said then got to know that the son a sister, and later on offered to exorcise malicious spirits that have been haunting her due to her involvement in the 'Kuda kepang' Javanese dances — considered a heresy by the Islamic Religious Council of Singapore due to its pagan practices.
It was during an exorcism session that Said was said to have held the girl — then 17 — under a hypnotic spell that left her conscious but paralyzed her hands. Her mother was present in the room and was requested to face the wall at all times no matter what happened.
During the alleged paralysis, the girl felt Said touch her breasts under her T-shirt and bra, and he even unbuttoned her jeans and attempted to slip his hand under her panties.
She managed retaliate by getting on her knees and hitting her mother's back using her head. Said then placed her back in sitting position and continued the ritual after calling her family members into the room.
Later on, the girl told her mother what actually happened but the woman refused to see anything wrong with it, and told her daughter to carry on with Said's treatment. The girl then confided in her aunt, who then encouraged her to make a police report.
In court, Said denied committing the offences and only provided shady inconsistent answers in response to the allegations. He has applied an appeal against his conviction and sentence, and is now out on bail — probably wishing that he could spirit himself away into thin air right now.
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A 52-year-old man who took advantage of his position as a self-claimed exorcist to conduct a despicable act of molestation on a teenage girl.
The Straits Times reports that Mohamed Said Mohamed Sani — who claims to treat people with "spiritual disturbances" for free — has been sentenced to a year in jail after the girl accused him of touching her inappropriately.
The incident occurred back in 2011 at her uncle's flat in Marsiling, where her mother had first asked Said to 'treat' her elder son. Said then got to know that the son a sister, and later on offered to exorcise malicious spirits that have been haunting her due to her involvement in the 'Kuda kepang' Javanese dances — considered a heresy by the Islamic Religious Council of Singapore due to its pagan practices.
It was during an exorcism session that Said was said to have held the girl — then 17 — under a hypnotic spell that left her conscious but paralyzed her hands. Her mother was present in the room and was requested to face the wall at all times no matter what happened.
During the alleged paralysis, the girl felt Said touch her breasts under her T-shirt and bra, and he even unbuttoned her jeans and attempted to slip his hand under her panties.
She managed retaliate by getting on her knees and hitting her mother's back using her head. Said then placed her back in sitting position and continued the ritual after calling her family members into the room.
Later on, the girl told her mother what actually happened but the woman refused to see anything wrong with it, and told her daughter to carry on with Said's treatment. The girl then confided in her aunt, who then encouraged her to make a police report.
In court, Said denied committing the offences and only provided shady inconsistent answers in response to the allegations. He has applied an appeal against his conviction and sentence, and is now out on bail — probably wishing that he could spirit himself away into thin air right now.
Photo: Wikimedia Commons