00:01A homeowner's life turned into a nightmare after loan sharks mistakenly targeted his house while searching for the previous owner's
00:10son.
00:10Speaking at a press conference on Monday, organized by MCA Public Services and Complaints Department Head Datuk Sri Michael Chong,
00:19together with Malaysian Crime Prevention Foundation, MCPF, Vice Chairman Datuk Sri Dr. King Lim Chin Fui,
00:26The victim, who only wished to be identified as Lim, said he purchased the house in Overseas Union Garden through
00:34an agent in 2019.
00:36Everything was fine until June last year, when a notice demanding repayment of a loan was left outside the house,
00:43warning that red paint would be splashed on the property if payment was not made.
00:48Lim said he lodged a police report on the same day, and there were no further incidents until May 17
00:55this year,
00:56when his house was splashed with paint, which also smeared his car.
01:00He stressed that he had never borrowed money from loan sharks.
01:05Checks with family members of the previous owner later revealed that the outstanding debt had already been settled.
01:31Cheong said the borrower had likely failed to update his address on his identity card when applying for the loan.
01:38We always tell the buyer to check properly before they buy, to check the background properly by asking the neighbour.
01:51Lim later learned from neighbours that the house had previously been targeted by loan sharks.
01:56In a related matter, Cheong called for tougher action against the masterminds behind loan shark syndicates, instead of merely arresting
02:05runners.
02:06He added that there had been 133 loan shark-related cases involving losses totalling approximately 14.5 million ringgit.
02:16Cheong said there had also been cases where homes were set on fire, resulting in the deaths of pets and
02:22even residents.
02:23The MCPF and including our MCA, we would like the police to go further rather than just after the runner.
02:37The runner already got received a jail for the jail term of 11 and a half years.
02:4411 and a half years.
02:46The one who threw the molotov, threw the one.
02:49Because why, you know, we have cases where the OKU inside the house was burned to death.
02:55Yes, it's very cruel.
02:57This is murder.
02:59You know, this is murder.
03:00Lim said authorities should focus on dismantling the syndicates by targeting their leaders.
03:06We are here to highlight to PDRM that PDRM should go after the mastermind or the bosses behind.
03:17He added that the MCPF would raise the matter with the Home Minister and the Inspector General of Police.
03:23This is murder.
03:23His gender-needed is a特別 and Thomas-bon POWs.
03:31Constitution is a member of the
03:32This is murder, amigos and educators.
03:33...And the vidéo will never be mentioned ABCP and documents known as the court is taken on permanence..
03:33The complex investigation is made that the government is allowed to actually lose his own advantage but...
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