IPOH, May 24 — A 41-year-old private sector worker unwilttingly borrowed money from a loan shark after he allegedly banked in a sum of money into the victim’s account and withdrew it two months later.

Wong Chiew Kwai, who is from Bandar Lahat Baru here, said that the loan shark by the name Desmond has been harassing and threatening him for two years.

"The first message I received from the ‘ah long’ (loan shark) was on May 2, 2016. But I did not bother about the message as I did not borrow money from anyone,” he said at a press conference in the Perak MCA Public Service and Complaint Bureau.

"Two days later, I received a call from the ‘ah long’ asking me to pay them RM1,000 which they claimed I borrowed from them. Fearing for my safety I made a police report on both of the incidents,” said Wong.

Since then, Wong has been receiving several calls from various numbers and also received direct threats from the loan shark who came to his house and demanded he pay the sum owed.

"I live in fear everyday and last month the ‘ah long’ locked me and family in our house with a chain and left a letter demanding us to pay the debt in three days.

"These are the threats I have been receiving from them,” he said.

Wong said he had made a total of seven police reports in the period of two years, including on the incident above.

Wong also said he had once talked to the loan shark and requested to be shown proof that he had borrowed money from them.

"The ‘ah long’ showed me a statement via phone that he had banked in the money to my Public Bank account.

"When I went to the bank to verify the statement, the transaction history showed that an anonymous person had banked-in RM13,000 into my account and withdrawn it gradually via an ATM machine for two months,” he said.

Wong said he was not aware of the incident as he did not check his bank balance during that period of time.

"The bank is in the process of collecting the information on the person who had banked in the money and is also checking the closed-circuit television footage of the person who withdrew the money in the ATM machine,” he said. 

Wong said he believes a former colleague at his previous company could have sold his personal and bank details to the loan shark as he had given him his details for investment purposes.

"I can’t reach him now as I don’t know his whereabouts and contact number,” he added.

Meanwhile, Perak MCA Public Service and Complaint Bureau Chief Jimmy Loh urged the authorities to take immediate action to resolve the matter.

"If the ‘ah long’ has the proof that he had borrowed the money to the victim then we can discuss with them. It could be also the’ah long’ might have mistaken Wong for another person,” he said.