Son gets calls from loan sharks demanding he settle estranged father’s six-figure debts

Samson Loo Jia Tao with complaints and services officer Michael Mok Meng Haw holding up a copy of his police report and the offensive Facebook post at the Johor Jaya service centre in Taman Johor Jaya, Johor Baru April 23, 2024. — Picture by Ben TanJOHOR BARU, April 23 — A 24-year-old workshop owner is being hounded by loan sharks to settle the debts taken by his estranged father whom he has not seen for a decade.

“So far the Ah Longs have not acted in any physical manner and have only verbally threatened that they will damage my house in Taman Sierra Perdana and my workshop in Taman Mount Austin.“However, I am worried as my 55-year-old mother lives with me and is alone most of the time, while my older 26-year-old brother is seldom home due to his work in Penang,” Loo related his troubles in a press conference at the Johor Jaya state assembly service centre in Taman Johor Jaya here today.

He said that together with his mother and brother, the family then moved to Johor Baru to start a new life about 10 years ago.Loo said the loan sharks claimed that he was made guarantor for his father’s loan and demanded that I pay off the debts.

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