00:01A homeowner wrongly targeted over another person's alleged loan shark debt says her
00:07family has received fresh threats, raising questions over how the alleged lenders obtained
00:12their personal details so quickly after police reports were lodged. Leong, 46, who bought her
00:19Kapong home more than a decade ago, said the harassment continued despite her case being
00:24highlighted earlier this week.
00:26So last Tuesday, after I came for this press conference, I reached home only around 4 plus
00:344.15, 4.16, I received the voice messages from this number to threatening me saying that they
00:42got all my family IC, ID number, address, everything, every detail from my family. They
00:50threatened me to splash the red paint and then burn the house again.
00:55Speaking at a press conference organized by MCA Public Services and Complaints Department
01:00head Datuk Sri Michael Chong, on Thursday, Leong said her sister, who has no connection to the
01:06alleged debt, also lodged a police report after receiving similar threats.
01:11Once I made the police report, within 20 minutes, I received the voice messages again threatening
01:18us to solve the problem. He said that it's very easy to solve. Ask the borrower to come
01:25up to make the payment. Or, I make the payment.
01:28Leong said she bought the house in 2012, moved in after renovations in 2014 and has lived there
01:36for over 12 years before becoming the target of harassment linked to the previous owner's son.
01:42The 36-year-old e-hailing driver, known only as Bong, apologized, saying he never intended to drag
01:50Leong into the dispute. He said he borrowed 10,000 ringgit from an alleged loan shark in early July
01:56but received only 6,000 ringgit after deductions. After repaying around 6,900 ringgit, he believed the
02:04debt was settled but was later told he still owed 20,000 ringgit. Following discussions involving the
02:10police and Michael Chong, the alleged outstanding amount was reduced to 5,000 ringgit. Bong admitted
02:17he had used the address on his identity card when applying for the loan, despite having moved
02:23out years earlier.
02:29I asked him why you still use the old address. He said he made a mistake. He didn't change the
02:41address.
02:41All right. But he said he has no intention to cheat. Because why? She paid back one. He wasn't
02:47paid back. But she was also a victim of this scam. Chong said the latest threats showed alleged loan
02:52sharks were continuing to intimidate innocent people, with the harassment now extending to family
02:58members. He urged borrowers to update the addresses on their identity cards and called on authorities to
03:05identify those responsible.
03:06Meanwhile, MCA Deputy Chief of the Public Services and Complaints Bureau, Ivan Tan, urged police to
03:13investigate how alleged loan sharks were able to obtain victims' personal details so quickly after police
03:20reports were lodged.
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