Man beaten by loan sharks dies


Paying a heavy price: Fook Leong in a coma at the HSA’s intensive care unit before he succumbed to severe head injuries.

JOHOR BARU: An odd-job worker was beaten to death by a group of loansharks at the Sri Danga construction site in Taman Laguna over a RM2,000 debt.

Voon Fook Leong, 30, was allegedly captured by the group of Ah Longs over his debt and beaten repeatedly leaving him with severe injuries and a broken skull.

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