Case of the lost-and-found youth renewing primitive superstitions

From: New Straits Times | Date: June 1, 2002| Author: Shamsul Akmar | Copyright information


New Straits Times

06-01-2002

Case of the lost-and-found youth renewing primitive superstitions
Byline: Shamsul Akmar
Edition: Main/Lifestyle; 2*
Section: Nation
Column: Saturday notes

MYSTERY surrounds the case of the teenager who went missing on Gunung Tebu in Jertih, Terengganu.

For Mohd Khairi Abdul Ghani, 15, to have got lost while trekking may not have been remarkable. However, the manner in which he was found could definitel...

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