A Singapore-based Malaysian woman’s family home in Kluang, Johor was set on fire by loan sharks after she backed out of a RM10,000 loan.
At the same press conference organised by MCA Public Services and Complaints Department head Datuk Seri Michael Chong on Monday (Nov 10), two sisters revealed they were being harassed over debts owed by their estranged father, who has a history of borrowing from loan sharks and recently remarried a Vietnamese woman.
00:00Loan shock set fire to a house in Kluang, belonging to the parents of a 33-year-old assistant manager, after she backed out of a 10,000 ringgit loan.
00:11Speaking at a press conference organized by MCA Public Services and Complaints Department,
00:16head Datuk Sri Michael Chong on Monday, the victim, known only as Lam, who works in Singapore,
00:22said the syndicate later demanded 20,000 Singapore dollars, approximately 64,000 ringgit,
00:29in compensation and continued to harass her despite her refusal.
00:34Then I just simply wanted to ask her money.
00:38So I gave them the information.
00:41After I gave them the information,
00:44they told me that I have to give them the information for 2,000 ringgit,
00:49and then I don't care about them.
00:51Because I know why I suddenly have to give them the information,
00:54and then I think it's a scammer, and then I don't care about them.
00:57Until I don't care about them for 3 days,
01:00after they started in my house,
01:03they started to burn the fire,
01:04and burn the fire, and burn the fire.
01:06Then I was worried that there were children and children's safety,
01:12and then I was working in Singapore.
01:14So we had to give them the money for the first time.
01:19Her elderly parents and two children aged under five were at home during the fire,
01:24but luckily, neighbours helped put out the flames with a fire extinguisher.
01:28Lam said that despite having paid the loan shark about 27,400 Singapore dollars,
01:34or approximately 87,600 ringgit through multiple bank transfers,
01:39even though she never took the loan,
01:41the harassment persisted.
01:43She has lodged eight police reports in Malaysia and Singapore,
02:03and is still fearing for her family's safety.
02:06Chong urged the public to be vigilant,
02:08warning that loan sharks have become increasingly ruthless in their tactics.
02:13This is not an alarm, but he's an extortionist,
02:18and I can say that he's a killer.
02:22Killer!
02:23Can I use the word killer?
02:25Okay?
02:26Because if you burn people, you want to kill people.
02:28In another case raised at the press conference,
02:31two sisters said they were being harassed over loans taken by their estranged father.
02:36The man, who has a long history of borrowing from illegal lenders,
02:40reportedly got into financial trouble again after marrying a Vietnamese woman.
02:45The sisters said they had previously helped him repay debts amounting to about 100,000 ringgit,
02:51which he borrowed from loan sharks.
02:53One of the sisters, who only wanted to be known as Cao, 37,
02:57said their father only contacts them when he needs money.
03:00She said they only found out their father remarried a Vietnamese woman
03:04when an hour long called them and produced their marriage certificate.
03:08Cao said her sister's shop in Johor was splashed with red paint,
03:12and they have received numerous threatening calls demanding payment.
03:16The sisters lodged police reports in Gombak and Johor
03:19and publicly declared to disown their father.
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