Malaysian ghost hunter to sue museum

KUALA LUMPUR: A popular Malaysian ghost hunter said on Wednesday that he is planning to sue a museum for not allowing him space to explain his scientific research in an exhibition featuring the supernatural.

Syed Abdullah Al-Attas said he would seek one million ringgit (USD 273,220) from the Shah Alam Museum after it failed to provide him space to display his findings.

He heads the Paranormal Seekers Malaysia group and appears regularly on local TV in reality programmes pursuing ghouls, according to a news report.

Syed Abdullah said he would take legal action against the museum for breach of promise.

“The exhibition's organising committee had initially promised to give us space at the exhibition to explain to visitors our research findings on the exhibited items," the

Star newspaper quoted him as saying.

Syed Abdullah and his team, known as the ‘Seekers,’ were initially roped in by the museum's organizing committee to carry out research for its “Mysteries, Genies, Ghosts and Coffins,” exhibit which features ghosts famous in Malaysian folkore.

However, the museum board chairman Amzah Umar told the paper Syed Abdullah and his group did not conduct much research and had voluntarily quit the committee and then made a claim for more than one million ringett as compensation.

 He added that the items belonged to a religious teacher and not to the museum.