KUALA LUMPUR: The phone rings, showing an unlisted number. Afiza (not her real name) does not pick up her phone. The phone falls silent, only to ring again after a few minutes.
The likely caller is "John”, a loan shark or Ah Long who loaned her RM10,000 to ease her Covid-19-related financial problems.
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