Pak Haji Haron is a bomoh -a Malaysian witch doctor. He learned his craft from is father who,in turn, learnt it from his father. Pak Haji believes that a person gets I'll because an enemy uses the magic of another bomoh. His speciality is making a 'sekatan' -a protection from other bomohs'bad magic. Pak Haji uses a mixture of superstition and religion in his work. He uses the Koran,ghosts,and bones to raise spirits which perform healing. His neighbours consult him on personal and medical matters, but not everyone respects his power. When a helicopter crashed in the jungle, Pak Haji offered to use spirits to find the survivors,but officials refused to pay his fee in advance.