Two men, believed to be members of a ‘Cyber Ah Long’ syndicate were arrested in the Ops Vulture at Taman Sri Tandop, Kedah, after they allegedly committed treachery by smearing paint, chaining fences and pasting threatening notices against victims who failed to repay their loans.
Based on a report by Sinar Harian, Kota Setar District Police Chief, Assistant Commissioner Ahmad Shukri Mat Akhir shared that the two men, aged 38 and 41, were arrested by the police intelligence team who were conducting surveillance at the housing area at around 3:30pm to 6:30pm, after they spotted a suspicious vehicle.
But what’s shocking is that the 2 are in the position that they’re in because they too are in debt to loan sharks.
“Both suspects are borrowers of ‘Cyber Ah Longs’, who failed to make payments before being offered to do some work with a wage payments according to packages,”
“For the act of splashing paint, they were paid RM350 while chaining fences received payments of RM150, and RM50 for pasting a threatening note,” he said.
The Police Chief added that the suspects had carried out the above mentioned activities around the districts of Alor Setar, Kubang Pasu and Pendang since last month.
“The two men claimed to only deal with the main syndicate through WhatsApp and never met, though they had to take pictures and videos as evidence of the work being done. The result of the confession of the two suspects found that there were 20 police reports tied along,” he explained.
While it is understandable that desperation can push us to do regrettable things like approaching loan sharks, but we must always remember that loan sharks will only put you in deeper trouble.
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