Malaysian shaman who tried to find missing plane MH370 with coconuts and a ‘magic’ carpet to contest election
Ibrahim Mat Zin, whose nickname translates as ‘King of Shamans’, will contest a parliamentary seat in northern Perak state in the May polls
A Malaysian shaman who drew widespread ridicule by trying to locate flight MH370 using coconuts and a “magic” carpet announced Tuesday he will run in elections next month.
After Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 disappeared in 2014 with 239 people aboard, Ibrahim launched a bizarre attempt to find the jet at Kuala Lumpur International Airport, from where it had set out.
He conducted a series of rituals, one involving bamboo binoculars and another using two coconuts and what he described as a magic carpet, which he claimed could weaken the “spirits” that were holding the missing plane.
Despite his best efforts – and a major multinational search in the Indian Ocean, that was the most expensive in aviation history – the Boeing jet remains missing.
Announcing his candidacy in the city of Ipoh, the 68-year-old recounted how he “just held up two coconuts and became an instant global star.