Friday May 29, 2009
PM shocked by Ah Long cruelty
Reports by MAZWIN NIK ANIS, BEH YUEN HUI, STEVEN DANIEL, LESTER KONG and ZALINAH NOORDIN
PUTRAJAYA: Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak is shocked and appalled at the level of cruelty loan sharks inflict on defaulters and wants authorities to take action against the culprits.
The Prime Minister said he could not believe how inhumane some Ah Longs could be against those who fail to settle their debts.
“I’m truly shocked with what the media had reported. Authorities must take swift action.
Treated like animals: Two of the loan shark victims awaiting rescue in a cell during a police raid at a shoplot in Taman Perindustrian Bukit Serdang, Seri Kembangan, in a May 27 file photo. — Bernama “This is a lesson for all Malaysians. I hope they realise the danger and negative implications of borrowing money from loan sharks. The public should never take loans from them,” he told reporters yesterday.
The Prime Minister was commenting on media reports of three men who were rescued by the police after being held captive for two months by loan sharks when they failed to settle their debts.
The victims, aged 25, 34 and 49 years, were abducted from Segambut, Semenyih and Gombak and were held in a shoplot in Seri Kembangan after failing to settle their debts of between RM1,500 and RM4,000 each.
They were found chained by their necks and legs and showed signs of having beaten by their captors.
On speculation over changes in the Petronas management, Najib, who is Finance Minister declined to comment, saying that “(I) don’t know yet”.
There has been talk of that a new chairman would be appointed for the national petroleum company. Among the names mentioned was that of a former minister. Tan Sri Mohd Hassan Marican is the current Petronas chairman.
On whether he has decided to attend the People’s Progressive Party annual general meeting on June 7, the Prime Minister said that he had yet to check the Registrar of Societies (ROS) report on the party’s status.
On Tuesday, Najib said he wanted a full report from ROS on PPP’s leadership crisis before he would open its annual general meeting.
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