Loan sharks can make life hell for family members of debtors


Poor victim: Housewife Chong knows well what it’s like to be harassed by loan sharks.

IPOH: The loan shark debacle has led to countless broken family ties after borrowers were forced into hiding, leaving their family members to face harassment by the merciless Ah Long.

Most of the time the borrowers’ ageing parents or spouse would be incessantly harassed, and have no choice but to denounce their ties with the errant debtors.

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