MALAYSIA - A CLINIC assistant, who went missing for a month from her home, was found in a dazed state at a bus station in Muar with stories of assault, torture, forced labour and prostitution, Harian Metro reported.

Her family believes the woman, identified only as Nori, is a victim of a powerful black magic potion - oil taken from the chin of a murdered women.

Soon after her family found her at the station on Saturday, she was admitted to the Sultanah Fatimah Specialist Hospital where she started vomiting blood and behaving crudely.

The tabloid said the man who had allegedly lured the 26-year-old married woman away was an acquaintance of her husband who used to hang around the family's food stall, not far from their home in Sungai Mati.

Speaking from her hospital bed, Nori told the newspaper she was treated like a slave during the weeks she was detained by the man, a lorry driver.

She was put under the care of a woman from Sabah and also ordered to do all kinds of chores, including satiating the sexual desires of other lorry drivers and working at a factory.

When she tried to escape from his clutches, she was beaten, slapped and kicked in the abdomen. At one juncture, the man threatened to sell her off.

Police questioning was futile because Nori behaved strangely towards them and refused to speak to anyone except in whispers. She also threatened to stab herself.

It is understood that the suspect has a previous record of house break-ins and snatch thefts in Malacca.