A loan with just one phone call

All over the place: ‘Ah Long’ advertisements pasted under a bridge at the MRR2 near Taman Tasik Ampang Hilir. According to Chong (inset) there has been an increase in the number of loan sharks in recent years.

KUALA LUMPUR: It has become so easy to borrow money from Ah Long that a loan from them is now just a phone call away.

MCA Public Services and Com­plaints Department chief Datuk Seri Michael Chong said there has been an increase in the number of loan sharks in recent years.