From chums to nightmare

Spiral of despair: Ng (left) with the victim showing evidence of the ordeal the latter encountered.

JOHOR BARU: A woman thought she had made a new friend online only to fall prey to years of harassment and extortion. At one point, the woman, known only as Wong, was even forced to become a runner for a loan shark.

The 28-year-old clerk, who works in Singapore, said she became friends with a man via Facebook in June 2021.