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Loan sharks are allegedly using women posing as “mistresses” to psychologically pressure debtors’ families into repaying debts.

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00:00loan sharks are now resorting to using individuals posing as mistresses to mentally harass debtors
00:09and their families in what appears to be a new and disturbing debt collection tactic
00:14according to mca public services and complaints department head datuk sri michael chong this
00:21disturbing trend came to light after a woman lodged a complaint claiming that her family had
00:26been harassed for over a year at a press conference at visma mca on tuesday ung age 32 said a woman
00:34claiming to be her father's mistress had been relentlessly harassing their family since june
00:38last year the woman alleged that ung's father a durian seller who works outstation and rarely
00:44returns home had borrowed money from her she even produced a loan agreement bearing his name
00:50and demanded 300 000 ringgit from the family too
01:16Ng said the woman made a single appearance in July last year
01:20when she showed up at her grandmother's house to demand repayment.
01:25Each time the woman contacted them,
01:27Ng claimed that loan sharks would soon follow,
01:30further escalating the pressure.
01:32She also revealed that the family had already repaid
01:35150,000 ringgit to 30 different loan shark groups,
01:40allegedly on behalf of her father,
01:42whom she described as a habitual borrower.
01:46Chong said the department believes the woman
01:58is likely collaborating with loan sharks
02:01rather than being a genuine mistress.
02:13Because now also she's not sure,
02:15suddenly 300,000, suddenly 100,000, suddenly 200,000,
02:19don't know how much or so, doesn't know.
02:22So he hoped the father come back.
02:24So at least we don't want to weaponize the mistress.
02:28We don't want to weaponize him.
02:30You borrow people's money, you must return.
02:32That is the thing.
02:33So we hope the father can come forward.
02:35Meanwhile, the family will take it.
02:39This is not a mistress, but she's an alum.
02:43They use the tactic to collect the money,
02:46to force the deforter to pay.
02:48The victim, I mean, force the deforter family to pay,
02:53where they are actually a victim.
02:54Ang said the family has lodged two police reports over the matter.
02:59Chong also urged families facing similar harassment
03:02to immediately report such cases to the authorities
03:05rather than giving in to intimidation
03:08or settling debts they are not responsible for.
03:11The victim, I mean, force the deforter family to pay.
03:12The victim, I mean, force the deforter family to pay.
03:13The victim, I mean, force the deforter family to pay.
03:14The victim, I mean, force the deforter family to pay.
03:15The victim, I mean, force the deforter family to pay.
03:16The victim, I mean, force the deforter family to pay.
03:17The victim, I mean, force the deforter family to pay.
03:18The victim, I mean, force the deforter family to pay.
03:19The victim, I mean, force the deforter family to pay.
03:20The victim, I mean, force the deforter family to pay.
03:21The victim, I mean, force the deforter family to pay.
03:22The victim, I mean, force the deforter family to pay.
03:23The victim, I mean, force the deforter family to pay.

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