Victim flees to Kuala Lumpur after loan sharks put up posters of him in village


KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama): The actions of loan sharks who displayed posters of a defaulter throughout a village in Chendering, Terengganu has forced the 37-year-old victim and his family to seek refuge in Kuala Lumpur a few days ago.

The victim, known only as Khairul, told reporters here that posters bearing his image with the words "Pinjam Wang,Bayar Wang" (Borrow Money, Repay Money) had even been put up at a bus station and a mosque after he failed to settle loan repayments totalling about RM19,000.

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