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The syndicate is believed to have conducted illegal money-lending activities, involving loan sharks and online money-lending, police said.

The victim said he noticed the fence of the house, his wife's car and his neighbour's car were splashed with red paint.

Police exposed the operations of unlicensed money lenders who employed a local group to use violent tactics in debt collection.

Police busted a loan shark gang following the arrest of eight men in a Bayan Lepas raid for offering loans without a licence on Friday.

Bukit Aman's Commercial Crime Investigation Department has received information about unlicensed money lenders approaching flood victims to offer loans.

A contractor lodged a police report claiming he lost RM60,000 which he paid to a loan shark purportedly as processing fee for a fast loan.

The Ministry of Entrepreneur Development and Cooperatives (MEDAC) called on micro-enterprises to reach out to its agency, TEKUN Nasional for hassle-free financing assistance and not go to loan sharks.

The syndicates disguised as a loan shark and advertised their services on social media sites to lure their victims.

The Datuk who introduced himself as a senior police officer from Bukit Aman, offered to help the victim settle the debt with the loan shark.

He said police were now focusing on eradicating all notorious activities related to secret societies such as loan shark syndicates, prostitution, violence and extortion.

A factory worker injured his legs after an explosive device believed to have been set by a loan shark went off as he was getting into his car in Taman Pengkalan Setia, Simpang, here last night.

A special committee to address the issue of unlicensed money lenders or ah long needed to be formed urgently, said Muslim Consumers Association of Malaysia (PPIM) head activist Datuk Nadzim Johan.

Preying on young women who need money for college and other expenses, Internet lenders in China are reportedly offering them high-interest loans in exchange for nude photos of themselves.

Barat Daya district police chief Supt Lai Fah Hin said the duo aged 25 an 30 were picked up separately in Air Itam here at 9pm Tuesday.

The suspects had demanded a sum of money from the victim's brother before agreeing to free the victim.

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