Family lives in fear of loan sharks after car set on fire


Anne (right) with Heng (middle) and Pekan Nanas Chinese Community chief Hong Kim Kek (left) showing photos of the police report and incident.

PONTIAN: A family here is living in fear after a car parked outside their house was set on fire in the wee hours of Saturday (Dec 10) morning.

A 32-year-old accountant who wanted to be known only as Anne said she and her family have been harassed by loan sharks since the beginning of this month after her brother attempted to get a loan in Singapore.

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