Woman lures 40 loan sharks into police dragnet

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 2 – On the pretext of settling her massive debts with 40 “Ah Longs” (loan sharks), a woman lured them into a police dragnet.

Upon arriving at the 42-year-old woman's office at separate times in Sungai Besi yesterday, she politely asked the loan sharks to wait at the second floor of her office to enable her to pay them their dues.

When the “Ah Longs” did as they were requested, they walked straight into the waiting arm of the law.

In the six-hour operation, a team of policemen from the Bukit Aman Commercial Crime Department arrested the suspects.

Seized from the 40 loan sharks were bank books and automated teller machine cards, among others.

Today, the police obtained a three-day remand from a magistrate's court to detain the suspects aged between 25 and 42 to facilitate investigations.

The 40 “Ah Longs” are being held at the Brickfields police headquarters.

A police officer told Bernama that the woman, who is involved in the printing business, had taken loans of between RM5,000 and RM10,000 from each of the loan sharks to help sustain her business.

“However, when she was constantly harassed by the loan sharks, the woman filed several police reports against them.

“Following our advice to trap the illegal financiers, she contacted them on the pretext of settling all her debts,” said the police officer.

He said that more loan sharks were expected to be rounded up from the Sungai Besi area.– Bernama

Source: The Malaysian Insider