Ah long use foreign numbers


  • Nation
  • Wednesday, 17 Jul 2019

Terrifying methods: Chong (seated, right) showing samples of loan shark harassment on victims during the press conference in Kuala Lumpur.

KUALA LUMPUR: Loan sharks are using foreign mobile phone numbers to harass their targets as they believe it can slow down the process of tracing them, says MCA Public Services and Complaints Department chief Datuk Seri Michael Chong.

At a press conference to highlight new tactics of loan sharks, Chong said retiree Ganesh Kumar, 59, was shocked when he received a video showing a man torching a house four days after his semi-detached house was first sprayed with red paint on June 21.

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