A man in Johor Bahru is living in constant fear after his home was targeted in a petrol bombing attack carried out by a group of loan sharks from Singapore.
According to NST and The Star, the attack took place at the man’s home in Jalan Kemajuan 22, Taman Universiti.
Smelled “something burning”
Hoo Chong Kang said at around 4.18am last Saturday (Dec 6), his nose picked up the scent of “something burning” outside his home and heard a loud noise as well.
When he went out to investigate, he found burn marks on the floor and shards of glass, which he believes were the remnants of a Molotov cocktail.
Hoo said his suspicions were proven true when CCTV footage showed two men on a motorcycle stopping in front of the house and hurling the Molotov cocktail towards the house.
He added a notice showing his son’s name and a warning to repay money immediately was also pasted on the gate post as well.
Stemmed from loan son allegedly made
When Hoo contacted his son, who works at Changi Airport, the latter told him that he had approached a group of loan sharks who posed as a licensed financial company.
This caused Hoo’s son to divulge his personal and family information without any second thoughts as he thought it was a legit financial institution.
“My son told me that he never received the promised loan of S$30,000 (RM95,192), so he informed the parties involved that he was cancelling the transaction.
“However, the ‘ah longs’ claimed they had already transferred a sum to his bank account and demanded S$10,000 (RM31,743) in interest.”
Living in fear
Since then, Hoo said his son has been constantly harassed by the loan sharks, who threatened to harm his family unless he coughed up S$7,000 (RM22,211).
They even threatened to attack him if he reported the matter to the police. Now we are being harassed to the point that we cannot live in peace,” he added.
Hoo also said the incident has left him unable to sleep at night and is now staying alone at the home after sending his wife and other family members to stay elsewhere temporarily.
“I admit my son made a mistake by not checking the background of the financial institution first, but the situation we are facing is extremely difficult.
“We are at a loss thinking about the family and our home. I cannot imagine what would have happened if their actions had caused a major fire, resulting in the loss of our property or even lives.”
Hoo lodged two police reports in Malaysia, while his son made one in Singapore. This was later confirmed by police and investigations are ongoing.
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