Malaysia denies supernatural link to plane-search hocus pocus

Kuala Lumpur, Mar 14 Malaysia, under fire over its fruitless search for a missing airliner, today denied it had hired a prominent Muslim shaman to stage bizarre rituals seeking divine guidance in the hunt.

An official religious watchdog in the Muslim-majority country also said it was sending personnel to Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) to prevent further occurences.