{"id":33303,"date":"2026-03-04T02:01:41","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T18:01:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=33303"},"modified":"2026-03-04T02:01:41","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T18:01:41","slug":"bukit-batok-unit-gets-first-warning-to-settle-loan-man-charged-with-loanshark-harassment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=33303","title":{"rendered":"Bukit Batok unit gets ‘first warning’ to settle loan, man charged with loanshark harassment"},"content":{"rendered":"


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A 32-year-old man was charged in court on Feb 28 over a case of loanshark harassment, where a debtor’s note was found outside a Bukit Batok East Avenue 3 residential unit.<\/p>\n

In a news release, the police said they were alerted to the case on Feb 23 at around 7.25pm.<\/p>\n

A photo shows the debtor’s note pegged to the unit’s front gate. The note requested its recipient to “WhatsApp call me” to “settle your loan”.<\/p>\n

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It also said that this was the “FIRST WARNING” and “owe money pay money”.<\/p>\n

Through ground enquiries and with the aid of images from police cameras, officers from Jurong Police Division established the man’s identity and arrested him.<\/p>\n

Preliminary investigations revealed that he is believed to be involved in other similar cases of loanshark harassment islandwide.<\/p>\n

For first-time offenders, the offence of loanshark harassment carries a fine of between $5,000 and $50,000, with up to five years in jail, and up to six strokes of the cane.<\/p>\n

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