During the epidemic, the police noticed that some citizens were under financial pressure due to unemployment and salary cuts. They borrowed money from friends, financial companies, and even some private moneylenders of unknown origin. There were even small businesses that owed debts due to business losses. The amount ranges from 1,000 to 1,000,000 yuan. In the end, due to the inability of the debtor to repay, the creditor received the amount through different channels.
The Tuen Mun Police District Anti-Triad Action Team launched an operation against illegal debt collection in November last year. So far, a total of 16 people have been arrested, including 4 students, the youngest is only 13 years old. It is suspected that some young people have been arrested for "quick money" Mentality, was lured by criminals to commit crimes with 500 to 2,000 yuan.
The arrest operation began on November 25 last year, code-named "Solomon". As of today (11), a total of 16 people have been arrested.
The arrested persons included 13 males and 3 females (aged between 13 and 53), including 4 students. The rest of the arrested persons reported working as decoration workers, transport workers and unemployed, etc. Some of the arrested persons had triad backgrounds.
They are suspected of committing crimes such as illegal money lending, "criminal intimidation", "criminal damage", "wounding" and "extortion". harassing and threatening phone messages, etc.
Tuen Mun Police District Anti-Triad Action Team Second Team Director Mo Zhanfeng said at a press conference this afternoon that the police believe that among the arrested people, many young people were lured into crimes by unscrupulous people because of their mentality of buying fast money, and the relevant remuneration was 500 to $2,000.
He continued that the police noticed that in order to collect debts from debtors, the criminals would follow the residents into the building, and then go to the target unit to pursue the number by illegal means, including drenching red oil and posting the number-chasing sentence with threatening content. And destroy the items outside the unit.
In addition to arresting and enforcing the law, this police operation also involves education and publicity, which respectively publicize the risk of over-borrowing and legal channels of borrowing, and raise the vigilance of frontline security guards.
Mo Zhanfeng pointed out that the police held a video conference with representatives of 22 property management companies in the district at the beginning of December last year to share the trend of crime, the way criminals enter the building and the means to track the number, etc., and established a mutual notification platform.
The police also dispatched officers to the housing estates in Tuen Mun district to conduct 28 surprise tests. Police officers in plain clothes would follow the tenants into the building from time to time to test whether the security guards were alert to strangers entering the building, and took action to verify the identity of those who entered the building. , the results are generally satisfactory.
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