: Five illegal moneylenders or Ah Long who resorted to violent tactics to extort cash from a 46-year-old company director were arrested by police on Wednesday.
The suspects had allegedly harassed the company director and his mother by pelting eggs at their house and making threats daily even after he had settled the loan he took in full with interest. The man who was having financial problems related to his business decided to take loans with several moneylenders who had put up advertisements in the social media platform without realising he was dealing with loan sharks.yesterday said the victim had borrowed over RM96,000 and later repaid RM101,000 to the loan sharks to settle the loans.Mohd Fakhrudin said another loan shark turned up and claiming to be a licensed moneylender, he offered the victim a loan to settle the RM72,000.