Mum breaks down after being harassed by ah long debts

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A woman broke down after being persistently harassed by loan sharks over her eldest son's alleged debts.  Retiree Lim Sook Fun, 64, tearfully spoke to a press conference called by MCA Public Services and Complaints Department head Datuk Seri Michael Chong at Wisma MCA in Kuala Lumpur on Friday (April 26).  Read more at https://tinyurl.com/3bnescbj  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00 A heartbroken mother broke down after relentless harassment by loan sharks, seeking payment

00:07 for her eldest son's alleged debts.

00:11 64-year-old retiree Lim Suk Fun said on Friday that she could no longer bear her son's irresponsible

00:16 behaviour after twice partially paying off his alleged debts, last year and in 2022.

00:22 "My son is 40 years old. All the while he's not been living with me, 10 over years. When

00:31 this started, I did help him to pay some of the money, a total of 30 and 40 respectively.

00:39 It's been five years already I've been retired. I always tell my son, once I retire, don't

00:46 come and give me trouble. My eldest son never give me any money. I just rely on my own retirement

01:01 money. So I always tell him, but I did not know he go and make a mess out of it. I reported

01:08 him back here four times. This year is already two times, just March and April recently one.

01:19 Last year is two times. I told him, but he just ignore. He just don't bother. Now these

01:27 people are pressuring me and every day I don't have a good sleep. I can't sleep. I'm afraid."

01:35 Despite explaining to the Lonsharks that she had no contact with her eldest son, Liu Yongzhi,

01:39 for months, the harassment continued.

01:42 The most recent incident occurred on April 21, when Lonsharks threw red paint at her

01:48 house and neighbouring ones in Taman Intan Baiduri, Gombak, affecting a total of eight

01:53 houses.

01:54 "The next day he called again. 'If you are not going to bother, very good, you are not

01:58 taking my call at all. Very good. I'm going to take the next course of action.' I did

02:05 ask him, 'That day did you throw the paint? You even throw to my neighbour. All my neighbours

02:10 complained to me. Somehow he tell me, 'I'm not going to throw paint. Paint your campaign

02:15 it back. It's easy. I'm going to put fire.'"

02:19 MCA Public Services and Complaints Department head Dr Sri Michael Chong said Lonsharks had

02:24 visited Lim's house twice before, handing out flyers about her son around the neighbourhood

02:30 on their first visit.

02:31 "The alum felt that if they throw paint to the house, they will pressurise her to pay.

02:38 That's their motive. They threw the paint. It's not your fault. We want you to help us

02:58 to deal with this family. Because this family owes money to you."

02:59 He added that CCTV camera footage has been forwarded to the police and urged any neighbours

03:03 who haven't already done so to file a report.

03:06 For more information visit www.fema.gov.uk

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