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<!-- START OF : div id="storytext"--><!-- more than 4 paragraphs -->I REFER to last Friday's article, 'Loan shark harassment cases rise sharply'.
My experience with police action on loan sharks has been frustrating.
I bought my flat in November last year and in six months, I have been harassed by loan sharks six times. They wrote 'O$P$' messages on the walls of my block and in the lift, and splashed paint on both my door and my neighbour's door.
Apparently, several loan sharks are looking for the previous owner of my flat, who has disappeared. Not even the sales agent or the police can contact her.
After each incident, I filed a police report and was referred to the investigating officer (IO). I have followed police advice to post a note to the loan sharks and install closed-circuit television, but the harassment has continued.
I have even called the loan sharks who left their numbers to tell them they are going after the wrong person and that I have filed a police report, but this does not scare them.
I am frustrated at the helplessness of the police, especially on these points:
The IO has never spoken to me. I have tried to call him many times - to no avail. Last week, I called every day, only to find that he and his backup are on leave.
There is supposedly a dedicated unit to tackle loan-shark cases, but I have not heard from it.
It is also surprising that the police cannot track the previous flat owner.
Stephanie Joan Yiu Chua (Ms)
KNN! My hands are full just trying to fix CSJ and co. Comprain some more and I'll ask my polis to throw SHIT into your house!
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<!-- START OF : div id="storytext"--><!-- more than 4 paragraphs -->I REFER to last Friday's article, 'Loan shark harassment cases rise sharply'.
My experience with police action on loan sharks has been frustrating.
I bought my flat in November last year and in six months, I have been harassed by loan sharks six times. They wrote 'O$P$' messages on the walls of my block and in the lift, and splashed paint on both my door and my neighbour's door.
Apparently, several loan sharks are looking for the previous owner of my flat, who has disappeared. Not even the sales agent or the police can contact her.
After each incident, I filed a police report and was referred to the investigating officer (IO). I have followed police advice to post a note to the loan sharks and install closed-circuit television, but the harassment has continued.
I have even called the loan sharks who left their numbers to tell them they are going after the wrong person and that I have filed a police report, but this does not scare them.
I am frustrated at the helplessness of the police, especially on these points:
The IO has never spoken to me. I have tried to call him many times - to no avail. Last week, I called every day, only to find that he and his backup are on leave.
There is supposedly a dedicated unit to tackle loan-shark cases, but I have not heard from it.
It is also surprising that the police cannot track the previous flat owner.
Stephanie Joan Yiu Chua (Ms)
KNN! My hands are full just trying to fix CSJ and co. Comprain some more and I'll ask my polis to throw SHIT into your house!
