00:00Throwing paint is very lenient already.
00:05Now they don't throw paint already.
00:06They throw petrol bombs on innocent victims.
00:13MCA is urging victims of loan shock harassment
00:16to come forward as it compiles data on such cases for the police
00:19after reporting an escalation from paint attacks to petrol bombs.
00:24The party's Public Services and Complaints Department,
00:26Head Datuk Seri Michael Cheong, said the violence is growing increasingly brazen
00:30with the cost of carrying out such attacks.
00:32Even the materials for petrol bombs added to victims' existing debts.
00:37He cited one case where a victim who came forward last week
00:40was targeted again the same night,
00:42with loan sharks throwing paint and petrol bombs in apparent retaliation
00:46for holding a press conference.
00:48Cheong said he has met with Bukit Amman's Commercial Crime Investigation Department,
00:52which confirmed violent cases will now be referred to the Criminal Investigation Department.
00:57The police have requested one thing.
01:00He requested public information and public cooperation.
01:05It's the only way, one of the best way to nap all this scammer,
01:14nap all this perpetrator.
01:15One of the best way is to get public information.
01:20He added that MCA is working with MCA Youth,
01:24Wanita MCA and the Malaysia Crime Prevention Foundation,
01:28with lawyers in every state assisting victims and offering legal advice.
01:33MCA Youth Deputy Chief Mike Cheong said victims will be taught how to file police reports
01:38after some reports failed to reflect the severity of what victims experienced.
01:42He also raised concern that some loan sharks had obtained copies of police reports,
01:48filed against them and forwarded them back to the victims.
01:52I think I need to say this.
01:54Okay, even the police, okay, they know that something very weird is that
02:00whenever all these victims, they lost the police report,
02:05on that day itself, after they lost the report, or the next day,
02:09the culprit or the scammer, they will know where you lost the police report and when.
02:16So, I want to ask this, okay, how actually this culprit know or get hold of the information
02:24that suppose being meant only for police use?
02:30Is there any Tom Dick Harry can access to the system and get the report out?
02:36I don't know.
02:38So, that's why this will frighten the victims.
02:42They say, if I go to police, I lost the police report,
02:45and then still yet I being threatened,
02:48and then I receive the so-called police report through the scammer,
02:54the scammer sent to me, you know how I feel?
03:00I suppose I ask help from police, and I expect the police to protect me,
03:07but then I received the same police report from the scammer,
03:10saying that, threatened that, no use for you to police or to not police report.
03:15I know what you did, what you have done, that I'm going to come after you.
03:21While stressing that they were not pointing fingers,
03:24Chong said the police have promised to investigate the matter.
03:27So, we believe that the police report is just on the ground,
03:30and there are a lot of police reports...
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