Couple harassed over son’s gambling debts
01 Mar 2021 / 19:08 H.
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JOHOR BAHRU: A married couple is currently living in fear after receiving multiple threats, including having a petrol bomb hurled into the house and splashed with red and black paint after their son failed to settle his debts with loan sharks.
Chong Kok Yeong, 55, and his wife, Teoh Lee Hong, 56, claimed they were threatened by the loan sharks to repay their son’s debts. Their son, Chong Hui An, 21, is a coffee shop worker in Penang who disappeared since Feb 19.
Chong said the courtyard of their house in Taman Pulai Utama, Skudai here was petrol bombed at 1.20pm on Feb 9, causing several parts of the compound to catch fire. The fires were put out without causing any permanent damage.