Conviction Spiritual healing, divination, and mediumship Exorcism, deliverance, and spirit-extraction practice Singapore · 2020

Ab Razak Ab Hameed: fifteen-month sentence for abuse during claimed protection and exorcism rituals

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Evidence status

Convicted

Authority role

self-presented spiritual healer and exorcist

Organization

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Ab Razak claimed he could protect one adult from black magic and exorcise possession from another. He used those diagnoses and ritual instructions to obtain isolation, closed eyes and access to exposed bodies before the offenses covered by his guilty pleas.

Curse or witchcraft threat
Exorcism or deliverance
Spiritual healing or treatment

Evidence structure

Proceedings

2020-07-09 · guilty pleas and sentence

State Courts of Singapore. Ab Razak pleaded guilty to two molestation counts and two counts of insulting modesty and received fifteen months' imprisonment; five similar charges involving two other complainants were considered at sentencing.

Documented coercion mechanisms

claimed protection from black magic
possession diagnosis
exorcism pretext
instructions to close eyes and isolate from an accompanying relative
nonconsensual recording

Cited record

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national newspaper court reporting criminal disposition The Straits Times, '15 months' jail for spiritual healer who molested two women under pretext of performing rituals' (July 9, 2020).: Detailed sentencing reporting records the guilty pleas, sentence, additional charges taken into consideration, black-magic protection claim, possession diagnosis, exorcism instructions and nonconsensual recording.

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Source and tier basis: https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/courts-crime/15-months-jail-for-spiritual-healer-who-molested-two-women-under-pretext-of Corpus classification: national-newspaper-court-reporting; evidentiary role: criminal-disposition. SHA-256 787cf1c36db3b8254610edc5f982aa49a82d2824b129eb32cd374c490dd71a90
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