Dead man's family harassed over alleged RM28,000 debt
KUALA LUMPUR: A grieving family has been repeatedly harassed by suspected illegal moneylenders more than a month after their 35-year-old son, Chew, died by suicide.
KUALA LUMPUR: A family of Chew, a 35-year-old man who took his own life on July 1, has faced harassment from suspected illegal moneylenders over an alleged RM28,000 debt, more than a month after his death. The family runs a machinery shop in Sungai Buloh. Paint attacks and threatening messages began on August 5, escalating with increasing levels of paint - yellow, brown, and red - and escalating demands.
MCA Public Services and Complaints Department head Datuk Seri Michael Chong explained the moneylenders used a traffic light warning system, with each color representing a higher level of urgency. The shop was splashed with red paint, and a customer's car was threatened with paint. The alleged moneylenders contacted Chew's wife on WeChat, demanding payment despite knowing of his death.
The family says they were never informed of the debt and received no proof of it. In total, the alleged moneylenders demanded RM28,000, with each paint attack charging RM5,000. Chong emphasized that these tactics are not traditional forms of loan sharking, but rather unethical behavior that needs to be addressed.
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