‘I don’t remember’ — Inspector who ran over traffic cops claims bewitched by ‘black magic’

 

‘I don’t remember’ — Inspector who ran over traffic cops claims bewitched by ‘black magic’



Police inspector Kamal Raj Abdullah arrives at the Kuala Lumpur Court Complex on April 16, 2026. — Picture by Sayuti Zainudin

Thursday, 16 Apr 2026 1:26 PM MYT


KUALA LUMPUR, April 16 — A 40-year-old police inspector claimed memory loss due to “black magic” when he was charged today with the attempted murder of a traffic policeman and seven counts of reckless driving.

Muhammad Kamal Raj Shanmugam Abdullah, who reportedly suffers from schizophrenia, saw no plea recorded at the Sessions and Magistrate’s Courts after allegedly ramming an officer with his car on April 10, Berita Harian reported.

“I am sick from black magic, I don’t remember,” he said in court, appearing visibly distressed.

Due to his mental health history, the court has ordered a formal psychiatric evaluation to determine his fitness to stand trial.

According to the charge sheet, Kamal Raj is alleged to have attempted to kill a traffic policeman by ramming him with a Perodua Axia, an act the prosecution argues he knew was capable of causing death.

The attempted murder charge was framed under Section 307 of the Penal Code. If convicted, the offence carries a prison sentence of up to 10 years and a fine. However, if the act resulted in physical injury to the officer, the sentence could be extended to a maximum of 20 years.

The court has fixed the next mention date pending the results of the psychiatric report.

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Black magic is quite a common phenomenon that people in SE Asia believes in. Aeons back, post a soccer match between Selangor and Penang, which Selangor won, the Penang side claimed they were bewitched by black magic and thus felt lethargic during the match. As a Penang supporter I agreed though there was no proof, wakakaka.

Malaysian politicians also consulted bomohs as far as Indonesia for election victories - presumably the dark art would be used to ensure their opponents were hexed during election day, wakakaka.

And some unfortunate souls had literally lost their heads in such black art encounters - eg. t'was said one American woman (gf of a local Indian man) was decapitated during a bomoh session for 'chun-chun-see-ay-jee'; an Indian lad was similarly 'pancung' in such a similar session, and then there was the infamous Mona Fandey case - in the last case, there was no black magic involved but t'was a scam game with cold-blooded intent - Wikipedia says:

In 1993, the couple [Mona Fandey and hubby Nur Affandi] were approached by Mazlan Idris, a politician who was eyeing the position of the Menteri Besar of Pahang. The couple agreed by promising to give Mazlan a talisman comprising a tongkat and a songkok supposedly owned by Sukarno, the first President of Indonesia, with an offer of RM 2.5 million. In exchange, Mazlan agreed to pay RM500,000 and giving them 10 land titles as guarantee for the remainder.

To cut the gruesome story short, Mona's assistant Juraimi Hassan chopped Mazlan head off with an axe while the conned politician was asleep under the bomoh's direction.