Lianhe Wanbao 20 August 2011
Loansharks are now throwing faeces at their victims'
flats.
Seven households staying at Blk 862A, Tampines Street 83 have been
harassed by loansharks since April this year.
According to
posters left by the loansharks, the debtee stays on the ninth
floor. But residents staying on other floors are equally victims of
harassment.
Mdm Lin (44,
transport employee) told reporters that the police had installed
two closed circuit cameras on the ninth floor, but the loansharks
continue to make use of blind spots to commit their acts. She said
the loansharks have come to harass the residents at least five
times, most recently on Wednesday afternoon.
She said, "They
went up to the stairwell on the tenth floor, and threw faeces from
on top. The faeces landed on the staircase railings all the way
down, including on the ninth, seventh and second floors".
Mdm Lin says that
the loansharks first started throwing faeces at the block from
three weeks ago. They also throw ink on the corridors and on their
doors. When the ink dries and hardens, it gives off a foul smell
that cannot be washed away easily.
Reporters also
spoke to the household of the supposed debtee that may have been
the root cause of all the loanshark harassment.
Mrs Chen (55,
housewife) stays on the ninth floor and she says her son (26,
mover) did not borrow from loansharks.