Oily Man in East Coast
Monday, 16th November 1959
An “oily man” (Orang Minyak) scare gripped residents of Frankel Estate here. shortly after a young girl reported that she was attacked in a playground off Changi Road by a young man wearing only swimming trunks. Several passers-by answered the girl’s cries for help and chased her attacker up to a steep cliff. The fugitive escaped the police dragnet. All womenfolk in the estate remained behind bolted doors as armed police searched for the girl’s attacker who was said to be smeared with oil. Malay legend has it that the “oily man” possesses evil supernatural powers and preys on women.