Guntur Bumi
all the stupid television programs in Indonesia, one of the silliest has was Pemburu Hantu ( Ghost Hunters ), which involved a team of Muslim clerics claiming to catch ghosts in houses "haunted." Although presented as reality TV, the entire show was fiction, designed to make viewers stupid, fearful and gullible. One member of this team of quacks has been charged with fraud for running a fake health clinic.
Muhammad Susilo Wibowo (32), who used the name Ustadz Guntur Bumi (ustadz is a title for a Muslim preacher), was arrested on May 5, following complaints he abused and abused patients at the clinic, it works in Pondok Indah, south Jakarta.
Guntur claimed he could cure people of illnesses through prayer and touch. He pretended to remove all kinds of things - needles, nails, stones, cockroaches, caterpillars and maggots - the body of patients. These hand magic tricks is easy to achieve, especially when patients are treated in a dark room and told to close his eyes.
After 15 patients in March filed complaints dating from 2011, Guntur refused to comply with subpoenas from the police for questioning. When finally arrested, he claimed to suffer from a stomach ache he could not answer questions.
While the success of Pemburu Hantu , which aired 2004-2011 on Lativi (now tvOne after being bought in 2008 by Bakrie Group), Guntur began conducting sessions mass healing. He opened his first clinic in his hometown of Semarang, Central Java. After the show was canceled, he opened clinics in Bandung, Jakarta and Bali.
The activity was profitable, allowing it to amass a collection of Harley Davidson motorcycles. He married the former lead singer of children Puput Melati, who was questioned as a witness after some patients have accused her of being an accomplice.
One of the victims, Dirgantoro, said he took his wife to the clinic after seeing advertising on TV. Upon arrival, he had to pay a registration fee of Rp.500,000. He said Guntur took in a dark room, ordered them to close their eyes, recited some verses of the Koran and pretended to remove the maggots from the head of his wife, claiming she was the victim of magic black.
To pay this absurd treatment Dirgantoro was told to buy a goat would be sacrificed in the morning. It has been shown a list of Rp.5 million Rp.25 million and Rp.50 million price. He said Guntur warned that if he failed to pay immediately Rp.5 million black magic would spread to the son of the couple.
Dirgantoro says his wife's condition did not improve, then Guntur sent a team of four ghost hunters to his house. After reviewing the documents, they claimed a Pocong (ghost shrouded corpse) was present. The team pretends to trap the non-existent ghost in a bottle -. A service that cost Dirgantoro another Rp.10 million
At 24, the woman said she went to Guntur for the treatment of a thigh problem. He told her to undress and close your eyes, then she groped. She was accused Rp.6 million and told to pay another Rp.7 million for the second session.
Another former patient, Irfangi, urged the Indonesian Ulema Association (MUI) - top Islamic authority in the country - to withdraw its approval of the can cleric. MUI said there was no heresy, and he maintained the presumption of innocence.
A man named Dody Rusmansyah, who had been unable to have children with his wife, visited Guntur in the hope that it might help the couple conceive. The lawyer said Guntur Dody said the couple, they were afflicted by black magic and would have to pay him Rp.75 million to counter magic.
In the city of East Kalimantan Balikpapan, a former patient named Abdul Hakim Guntur accused of stealing 250 grams of gold jewelry during a treatment session in the house of Abdul August 2012. he says Puput was then seen wearing some jewelry.
Police extended the detention on June 6 Guntur, saying they were still gathering evidence against him. He tried to reach out-of-court settlements with the victims by returning their money. He also threatened to sue a woman who accused him of molesting his daughter.
The greatest villain in this mess is communication and the General Directorate of the Ministry of Information of the radio, television and film. This government agency strictly censor the programs it fears may offend Muslims, but allowed Pemburu Hantu to be screened for years -. Make a generation of sensitive viewers with peddled lies in Guntur