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Mar 20, 2014
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The visit of 'Raja Bomoh Sedunia' to Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) last week to assist in the search for the missing flight MH370, wielding coconuts and binoculars fashioned from bamboo, caused sniggers by many Malaysians and was ridiculed by the Chinese.

The flying carpet and coconut saga played out by the bomohs (shamans) has been the cente…

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