A 24-year-old woman was found dead at her home in Cheras, Kuala Lumpur, and her boyfriend has held the illegal money lenders responsible for her death.
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00:00A 24-year-old woman was found dead at her home in Chiras and her boyfriend has held the illegal moneylenders responsible for her death.
00:11The 29-year-old boyfriend, who only wished to be known as Lo, said he discovered from messages on his girlfriend's phone that she had borrowed 40,000 ringgit from eight loan sharks.
00:21He said the loans had grown to a total of 70,000 ringgit with interest.
00:25He told reporters on Thursday that he and the victim bought charcoal as the victim, told him she was organising a barbecue party with her cousins on March 30th.
00:34But later, he found her taking her own life in the apartment, filled with the smell of burnt charcoal.
00:55He believed the loan sharks had harassed his girlfriend, who ran a mobile phone trading business, until she could no longer bear it and resorted to suicide.
01:21I believe that my friends will be murdered. It was because of the pressure of her husband's father.
01:28My friends went to the last few days, and they started to be angry.
01:32They just saw that they were calling us to pay money.
01:35They were also like being posted to social media.
01:40If you want to convenience, just one phone call, and especially you all go to this extortionist one, where they advertise one, it's going to be a big, you're going to get into serious trouble.
01:54MCA Public Services and Complaints Department, head Datuk Sri Michael Chong, who organised the press conference to highlight the problem, advised people to turn to licensed moneylender instead for their safety.
02:05Those facing similar problems can contact Befriend Us at 0376 272929 or visit its website, befrienders.org.my.