Don't go to `Ah Longs'.

(From Malay Mail)

Byline: Dennis Chua

AMIDST moves by Government leaders to tighten laws and punish "Ah Longs" (loan sharks) for their nastiness towards the indebted, Kuala Lumpur folk feel that while that is good, it also takes two to tango. That means, the borrowers are as much to blame for their own misfortune as the loan sharks, and no amount of tough legislation can curb the unscrupulous creditors, unless we learn to be more frugal and less addicted to borrowing. Yesterday, Works Minister Datuk Seri S.

Samy Vellu called for loan sharks to be arrested and severely punished for breaking the law, particularly unlicensed ones. He was commenting …