Four arrested in Penang for loan shark harassment


GEORGE TOWN: Penang police have arrested four people, including two who previously borrowed from loan sharks, for threatening victims of a loan shark by burning their cars and splashing paint on their vehicles.

State police chief Comm Datuk Mohd Shuhaily Mohd Zain said the two male suspects who were borrowers were believed to have been forced by loan sharks to harass other borrowers in order to "settle" their debts.

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