10 May 2008

Loan sharks abduct debtor’s brother

PETALING JAYA: Three loan sharks kidnapped a 42-year-old man on Thursday and demanded that his family pay half the amount owed to them by his brother.

The Ah Long abducted the man from his home at 7.30pm.

The victim was taken to a house 500m away in Seri Damansara and locked in a room.
His captors called his family and demanded they pay RM10,000.

Police raided the house where the victim was being held at 2.30am yesterday, arresting one of the moneylenders.

The victim was unharmed and police were still looking for the remaining two suspects.

District OCPD Asst Comm Arjunaidi Mohd said the victim’s 45-year-old brother had gone missing over a year ago after borrowing RM20,000 from the loan sharks to feed his gambling habit.

He said suspect would be investigated for wrongful confinement

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