PONTIANAK: Singapore has the Merlion and Kuching in Malaysia has its Cat Statues - both of which long attracted tourists keen to get a shot of the creatures. That would be good for tourism, the head of West Kalimantan's Youth, Tourism and Sports Agency, Kartius, said recently. In Pontianak's case, pontianak is the Malay word for kuntilanak, the scary female ghost resembling Sadako Yamamura of the horror movie The Ring. "I have never seen a kuntilanak, so if you have no idea how to make the statue, look at my face. A group calling itself Residents Movement Rejecting the Ghost Statue (Gema Topan) came to the West Kalimantan City Council building to protest the idea late last month.

Source: The Star February 09, 2017 09:22 UTC