KUALA LUMPUR: The father and son suspected of being involved in the murder of an e-hailing driver are believed to have repeatedly abused the victim, Ampang Jaya police chief ACP Mohd Azam Ismail says. This is indicated by injuries found on the victim's body, besides those caused by an accident. "Further investigations found that the injuries on...
JOHOR BARU: A man who had lent his younger sister RM30,000 ended up experiencing financial trouble himself after he turned to an illegal money lender for help. This led to months of daily harassment from loan sharks for the 41-year-old Ku, who lost his job in Singapore and saw his house in his hometown set on...
JOHOR BARU: A man who had lent his younger sister RM30,000 ended up experiencing financial trouble himself after he turned to an illegal money lender for help. This led to months of daily harassment from loan sharks for the 41-year-old Ku, who lost his job in Singapore and saw his house in his hometown set on...
KUALA LUMPUR: A 67-year-old man had to disown his son due to his gambling addiction and substantial debts. Retiree Wong Yock Sang said his 35-year-old son was a chronic gambler who borrowed from loan sharks to fund his lifestyle. "I exhausted my life savings to settle his RM240,000 debt in 2019 because he promised to change his...
KUALA LUMPUR: After constantly being harassed and humiliated by loan sharks or Ah Long, three families have made the extreme decision of disowning their children who took the loans and defaulted on payments. A 50-year-old businesswoman, who only wanted to be known as Kong from Ayer Tawar, Perak said her 23-year-old son had taken loans amounting...
