First they splashed her house in Malaysia with red paint. Now, loan sharks are threatening to burn the house of a 58-year-old woman and kidnap her grandchild because her debtor son has asked them to do so.
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The woman, known only as Teh, said her 31-year-old son told the loan sharks to scare her into paying his debts.
She said her son has an online gambling habit and started borrowing money from an ah long (illegal moneylender).
In July last year, she was shocked to find her house splashed with red paint.
“At that time, my son, who works as a delivery man in Singapore, pleaded with me for help.
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“I borrowed money from relatives and friends to settle his 30,000 ringgit (US$6,952) debt. He promised to repay me 1,000 ringgit a month, but I have not seen a single sen,” she said on Wednesday.