Two Malaysians in Singapore harassed by illegal moneylenders


JOHOR BARU: Two Malaysians working in Singapore are being harassed by illegal moneylenders after trying to borrow money to recover their losses in an investment scheme.

One of them, only wanting to be known as Jackie, 28, said they tried to take a loan to recover the S$36,000 (RM112,465) lost in an investment scheme but ended up paying a total of S$5,100 (RM15,937) to the moneylender.

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