Compiled by C. ARUNO, GERARD GIMINO, and R. ARAVINTHAN
A MALAYSIAN man was arrested in the Cambodian capital of Phnom Penh for loan shark activities and threatening borrowers, reported China Press.
The department of technology crimes, in cooperation with the Phnom Penh municipal police, detained Tee Pau An to assist in investigations based on public complaints.
Tee, 40, admitted that he started working as a loan shark in 2019 and would charge borrowers 15% to 18% interest every 20 days.
If they do not pay on time, Tee said he and his associates would ransack the borrowers’ workplaces and threaten to post their photos on social media and in public places.
The police have sent Tee to the Phnom Penh municipal court where he is expected to be charged under Article 55 of the Law on Banking and Financial Institutions.
The department of technology crimes warned the public to carefully consider before borrowing money online, especially to check whether the lender is a legitimate lending institution.
> A tourist in Shanghai, China, was beaten up by a kangaroo which left him with muscle strain and conjunctivitis, reported China Press.
The victim and his friends paid a visit to the Shanghai Wild Animal Park’s kangaroo enclosure one evening recently and were excited at the prospect of being able to feed the animals.
They huddled together and were enjoying a conversation when a large kangaroo appeared.
It began scratching the victim’s face and punching his neck, arms and legs.
His screams alerted a nearby zookeeper who chased the kangaroo away.
Doctors diagnosed him with conjunctivitis and muscle strain and gave him a rabies shot.
The victim later recounted how he saw the kangaroos appearing agitated that evening and realised that there was a chance that they might be attacked by other animals.
When contacted, the zoo confirmed the incident but said such cases rarely happened.
“The probability of being beaten up is tiny,” a spokesperson said.
The above articles are compiled from the vernacular newspapers (Bahasa Malaysia, Chinese and Tamil dailies). As such, stories are grouped according to the respective language/medium. Where a paragraph begins with a, it denotes a separate news item.
