LOAN SHARK runners will be slapped with as many as three extra months in jail if they are caught harassing debtors’ neighbours.
High Court Justice Tay Yong Kwang seemed to set this sentencing guideline in judgment grounds released yesterday, when he nearly doubled runner Quek Li Hao’s punishment from 14 to 24 months after an appeal by the prosecution.
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