Woman Furious After Loan Sharks Wrongly Set Her Car On Fire
The debt collectors left a threatening note showing that they got the correct house number, but the wrong neighbourhood.
By May Vin Ang — 16 Oct 2023, 05:31 PM
A woman was shocked to discover her car was wrongly targeted by loan sharks and set on fire in the middle of the night last week
Taking online to share her concern, Facebook user Angelina Mock said she woke up from sleep at around 4.40am on Thursday, 12 October, to find her Mazda CX-30 on fire, while it was parked outside the entrance of her family home in Batu Berendam, Melaka.
Fortunately, according to China Press, Mock's family and their neighbours were able to put out the fire and save another car of theirs that was parked beside it.
It was reported that no one was hurt in the incident.
However, the family later discovered a note left on the wall outside of their home
The note was addressed to a man unknown to them, and it threatened to burn the person's house down unless they settled a debt.
"Faster pay money, and settle your problem. If not, we will come a few times before New Year to burn your house again," read the note, which also contained the debtor's MyKad number and address, as well as the debt collector's two Singaporean phone numbers.
Mock said the address written on the note had the same house number and street number as her family's home, but in a different neighbourhood.
She was angered as it indicated that the debt collectors had wrongly targeted her family home and unnecessarily jeopardised her elderly parents' lives
"Can you tell the difference between 75350 and 75260? Can you tell the difference between Krubong and Batu Berendam?" she questioned, hoping that the unlicensed moneylenders would check twice if they were going to deliberately damage people's property again.
Mock said she has reported the incident to the police, who are currently investigating, but is still worried about the safety of her family as the perpetrators may strike the wrong house again.
In the police report, Mock declared that she and her family do not have any outstanding debts with any unlicensed moneylenders.
She also shared closed-circuit television (CCTV) footage from her and her neighbours' homes, which show two men wandering along the street before setting her car ablaze.
