00:02Every time we talk about our loan gates, but this is special.
00:06MCA, Public Services and Complaints Department Head Datuk Seri Michael Chong,
00:10revealed that as of June this year,
00:12his department had received 159 complaints involving loans
00:16totalling nearly 16 million ringgit from 1,679 loan sharks.
00:22He warned that syndicates are becoming increasingly aggressive and deceptive,
00:27inventing excuses to squeeze more money out of desperate borrowers.
00:3129-year-old Kor Menghai says he is now being forced to pay
00:35for a red paint attack on his own home.
00:37On top of interest, he can no longer afford.
00:40Service charge for throwing paint, 700 ringgit.
00:44So last time I remember, you know, they throw green paint, blue paint,
00:50because red paint out of stock.
00:52Out of stock, so they throw green paint.
00:56But this one, 700 ringgit.
01:00You pay 1,700, I cross case.
01:02So I just let you know that now they will charge you for the services
01:09which they have to pay.
01:11Another victim, known only as Lo,
01:14says his family has lived in fear since May,
01:16harassed by five different loan shark syndicates
01:19over his brother's gambling addiction.
01:22He's a habitual gambler.
01:27So the family already helped him to settle for more than 200,000.
01:34So recently, they cannot settle because
01:38they don't know how much he borrowed
01:40and where he have gone also don't know.
01:43But they only got five alum come to the house.
01:46So these alum there threatened
01:49to burn the house.
01:51And also, not only that,
01:55they put the family photo
01:57in family photo inside the Facebook
02:00to disgrace them.
02:02All the, you see, put the whole family,
02:05even children, they put.
02:06Even last year, all the innocent family members,
02:10the children also they put
02:11to disgrace them all.
02:13When you go and burn the house
02:14where all these children are staying,
02:16they put the warning now.
02:18They put the Facebook
02:19that we are coming.
02:20Chong also had a stark message
02:22for borrowers themselves,
02:23warning that by failing to repay loans,
02:26they are putting innocent family members in danger.
02:29He urged the public to seek help early
02:31and avoid loan sharks entirely.
02:33And also, remember,
02:36I just want to caution you all.
02:38You know,
02:41when you all lost a report,
02:44immediately somebody will call one.
02:47Massa, you got a bit of a thing like that.
02:50If you lost a report,
02:51there will be a caller coming in.
02:53And they say,
02:53okay, I'm the manager.
02:56How they get the police report,
02:59we don't know.
03:00But they can get the thing.
03:02I'm the manager.
03:03Now, no need.
03:04You don't have to pay so much.
03:05You just pay 5,000
03:07or just pay the amount give to pass.
03:09We close the gate.
03:11Actually, all subcommend.
03:13Once you pay already,
03:14there are other steps that I didn't receive.
03:18So be careful.
03:19You will get scam after scam.
03:22Scam after scam.
03:24Okay?
03:24Cheater.
03:25Okay?
03:25Okay?
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