U never live in hostel leh?
That is compulsory urban legend in every hostel la.
Tu tak masuk  azizah legend lagi.

Not that long ago the sport hostel in Bukit Jalil had a very famous episode of haunting. The got the bomoh in but they couldn't chase away that ghost, until they sent in a Chinese bomoh to "communicate" with that ghost - in Cantonese - and turned out that that ghost wanted to go back to "Ipoh" (apparently that thing came from Ipoh) and only after that Chinese bomoh made the promise of "bringing" that ghost back to Ipoh that haunting episode end.

Yes. National athletes staying there got haunted so badly and dare not go back to the hostels. They called in the Malay bomoh but that ghost don't ikut arahan. So they had to call in a Chinese bomoh, and as I have outlined, after "conversing" in Cantonese and after that Chinese bomoh promised to take that ghost back to his Ipoh hometown the haunting episode ended.

Let me share my own exp...

I was sent overseas for 1.5 years and had to move twice.. the first house had a banana tree beside it and my window was facing it.. I stayed there for 1.5 years and nothing disturbed me....

before i came back to KL, we had some trouble with the tenancy and my company had to find another place for me to stay... they manage to find a new bungalow for me to live in for the next 6 days (I tendered my resignation).. At that time, there were 2 of us, my project manager and me... the moment we entered the house.. I had a mixed feeling of excitement and spooked.. it was a 6 room bungalow with 2 master bedrooms.. my project manager took the lower master room and i took the one up stairs.....

What spooked me was that each room had a Quranic book on the bed.. and some beds had containers of salt..... I chose to ignore it and i proceeded to move that book into the cupboard.... I cleaned the room and toilet and slept off around 1am.... Thats where it all began... at 3 am..... i awoke to knocking noises coming from the cupboard.... I had a bad feeling and pretended to sleep... the longer i did that.. the louder the knocking got... I got fed up and whipped out my phone and started to read manga on my phone.. I didn't want to show it that I was afraid... the knocking continued till 6+am.. thats when i finally manage to sleep...

Later that afternoon, I spoke to my project manager and asked if he heard anything last night.. He told me that he thought he heard me walking up and own the stairs.....

I came back to KL 6 days later....

In chinese tradition, we tend to do some traditional thing during move to new house.

These action was to tell who already come here first that u will stay here and please live harmony with each other.
Special old housr this thing cant skip.

Salt is to believe can get rid of those thing in all religion, Chinese use salt + rice(raw) to throw at all corner including all room, toilet or event belcony ....etc in the house before u move in, so that thing will go out, but it dosen't get rid of those u bring in later or it aldy follow u long time 

that is for temporary staying procedure, what i mention previously was move in new house.
Beside knock the door tell them u come in, u also can step in by left leg first, in Taoism left leg and right hand is the sign of release human power (Yang qi).

that one need sifu/ master to check
but some on said if u kena Invultuation/witchcraft your eyes will have some black doted/mark at the white area near the cornea mostly cover  inside top of our eye lid.

until your family or friends that close to u noticed u have strange or wired action that your self also not aware then it is .......

My mom only allowed me move in to new place on certain day. Even i no staying yet sh3 will chose a good day ask me bring in the
Salt, oil sugar and gas cooker than boil a water as symbolic u officially move in the house :/.
And the best way to knew the house is ok or not bring a 3 4 year old kid to the house, if the kid run up down like nobody business than it is good if the kid cry or refuse to go in u better becareful wat 7 might face.

The old ppl say kid skull not yet fully complete grow so that there can see thing which adult can't.

That old ppl dont like kid go out at late night specialty lunar months 7
And no matter east of west culture, kids tend to have secret friends that there some times talk to the air or play with something we can't see.