Family terrorised over daughter's debt


JOHOR BARU: A welder and his family are living in fear after loan sharks splashed red paint at their home and threatened to harm them if a debt is not settled immediately.

Tay Chee Choon, 52, claimed that loan sharks were after him as they were unable to track down his eldest daughter who still had an outstanding debt of more than RM3,000.

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