Apr 3, 2022
Thai police go after loan sharks preying on vulnerable people amid pandemic — Radio Free Asia
Napawan Rimwaan used a phone app to borrow 2,000 baht (U.S. $55), believing it was an interest-free loan that she could pay back in 90 days. A week later, an agent from the lending agency started calling and threatening the Thai mother of two to repay the loan – along with a 31 percent interest