Telegraph.co.uk, 16 Apr 2009, Ben Bland
The number of cases involving harassment by loan sharks has doubled in the past year because of the economic crisis, according to Singapore's home affairs minister, Wong Kan Seng.
As a result of this jump in violence, the government is now considering making it a criminal offence to borrow money from loan sharks or Ah Longs, as they are known here.
Wong said that there were 3,993 cases of harassment in the first quarter, up from 2,066 cases in the same period last year.
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