Loan sharks harass JB woman over nephew's loan


‘Miss Lim’ (left, in white) with Pasir Gudang MCA public complaints deputy bureau chief Ang Tun Chek (right) showing the threat letters that the loan sharks left in front of her house at Johor Jaya, Pasir Gudang, Johor Baru after throwing a Molotov cocktail.

JOHOR BARU: A single mother is being harassed by loan sharks after her nephew took a loan from an illegal money lender in Singapore, which ballooned from the initial sum of about RM900 to RM6,700 in less than two months.

The victim, who only wanted to be known as "Miss Lim"', said that the loan sharks started harassing her on May 27 when they splashed red paint on her single-story house in Johor Jaya.

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