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More young loan shark runners
By Teh Joo Lin & Ben Nadarajan
IF THE 'O$P$' scrawls on the walls look more childish nowadays, it may be because they are the handiwork of loan shark runners barely out of their teens.
Those caught harassing debtors to pay up seem to be getting younger, with at least one as young as 12.
Police nabbed 63 youths last year for doing the dirty work for loan sharks when debtors default on repayment. In 2007, 59 youths were arrested.
Read the full report in Monday's edition of The Straits Times.
More young loan shark runners
By Teh Joo Lin & Ben Nadarajan
IF THE 'O$P$' scrawls on the walls look more childish nowadays, it may be because they are the handiwork of loan shark runners barely out of their teens.
Those caught harassing debtors to pay up seem to be getting younger, with at least one as young as 12.
Police nabbed 63 youths last year for doing the dirty work for loan sharks when debtors default on repayment. In 2007, 59 youths were arrested.
Read the full report in Monday's edition of The Straits Times.
