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KUALA LUMPUR: Close to 2,000 cases of violence involving loan sharks, better known as Ah Longs, have been reported between 2020 and August this year, according to the Home Ministry .
The ministry was responding to a question by Datuk Ngeh Koo Ham regarding the statistics of Ah Long violence, including the use of molotov cocktails over the past five years. Ramli mentioned that the force is unable to completely eradicate the Ah Long menace due to certain constraints. Over the past two years, cases were highest in Johor due to loan shark activities from a neighbouring country.
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