Contractor loses RM60,000 trying to get fast loan from 'ah long'


KUANTAN (Bernama): A contractor has lodged a police report claiming he lost RM60,000 that he had paid to a money-lender, believed to be an "ah long” (loan shark), purportedly as a processing fee for a fast loan of RM250,000.

Pahang Commercial Crime Investigation Department chief Supt Mohd Wazir Mohd Yusof said the 28-year-old victim claimed that he received a call last month from a money lender offering him the loan.

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