The Case of the Shaman who cast Anogenital Spells

Excerpts from a Bangkok Post news report:

A 35-year-old professed shaman has confessed to charges relating to videos of him casting spells over clients' anuses and genitals, and promised to stop doing it.

Apiworasit Puangsaeng, aka Ajarn Man, acknowledged and admitted to the charges at the Cyber Crime Investigation Bureau on Monday morning, CCIB chief Pol Maj Gen Chatpanthakan Khlaikhlueng said.

The native of Surin province made headlines in Thai media recently after videos of him performing rites casting spells on clients' private parts went viral.

Mr Apiworasit agreed that the rites were improper. He apologised for peforming them and promised to stop offering such services, and to focus his spells on other areas of the body - such as faces, arms and hands.