Woman threatened by Ah Long after debt-ridden husband disappears

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A woman from Seri Kembangan is pleading for loan sharks to stop harassing her family after her husband absconded overseas, leaving behind unpaid debts and a trail of threats.  The 29-year-old administrative executive who wanted to be known as Choo, said her 26-year-old husband was sent to Hong Kong by his company on June 18 and was supposed to return on July 16.  However, he has been missing since and has not contacted his family.  Read more at https://tinyurl.com/knnjktxn  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00A woman from Serikembangan is pleading for loan sharks to stop harassing her family

00:06after her husband absconded overseas, leaving behind unpaid debts and a trail of threats.

00:13The 29-year-old administrative executive, who wanted to be known as Chu,

00:18said her 26-year-old husband was sent to Hong Kong by his company on June 18

00:22and was supposed to return on July 16.

00:25However, he has been missing since and has not contacted his family.

00:30MCA Public Services and Complaints Department head Datuk Seri,

00:34Michael Chong, who spoke on her behalf during the press conference,

00:37said that from June 20, her family began receiving threatening calls from loan sharks,

00:42claiming her husband had borrowed 2,000 ringgit and now owed them 8,000 ringgit with interest.

00:49He said the callers also threatened to splash red paint on their house and set it on fire.

00:54The family also doesn't know until suddenly many alum came looking for him,

01:04looking for him, but of course they all were very surprised because

01:13since this year, they already settled for him.

01:17This lady is the husband, the husband is the one who disappeared.

01:23They already helped the husband to settle more than 10 cases.

01:27But surprisingly, after settling, he promised he would not go and borrow again.

01:34Chong also said the loan sharks also shared personal details and photos of her and her family on social media.

01:44A police report has been lodged.

01:46So today, the wife here came openly and said he wanted to disown this husband.

01:53He wanted to divorce this husband.

01:55Okay?

01:56And the same time, the father here said he wanted to disown this son.

01:59Very painful decision, but cannot help it because they already helped him 10 times already to settle.

02:07So again, his habit never changed.

02:11His habit never changed.

02:12He again go and borrow again.

02:15Meanwhile, a 48-year-old woman from Cheras is also seeking help after her family was harassed

02:22over her son's borrowings from loan sharks.

02:25The woman known as Wong, a laborer, said her 26-year-old son, a salesman,

02:30had taken out loans in the past, which the family had helped to pay off.

02:34He wanted to disown this son, 26-year-old son,

02:38because this son, elder son, he also got the habit of borrowing for halong.

02:46In 2019, he borrowed 5,000, where he came, 2,019, the time before COVID, they came to my office,

02:59and I helped the family to settle the 5,000, 2,019.

03:04Then again, in April, 2,025, after 5 years, after more than 5 years, he don't touch, he never borrowed along,

03:17then his habit came again, 2,025.

03:21He borrowed a total of 22,500, which also came to my office, and he promised me he will not borrow again,

03:37give him one more chance, settle this 22,500.

03:41So, we have him, again, last chance, last warning, we have him to settle, the family have him to settle.

03:54But, very sad, very bad, very sad, that he again, again, when they borrow.

04:06After the second incident, the son moved out of the family home.

04:10However, in June, 2025, the family began receiving threatening messages, including a video of a car on fire.

04:19The mother later discovered that her son had borrowed an unknown amount of money from loan sharks again in July, 2025.

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