Reading this news made me feel a little unnerved. It seems as though loansharks are now in fashion once again. Apparantly this girl was found to have bottles of paint, markers, a handphone as well as dossiers of the debtors. She has also been connected to other cases where she literally set fire to the front doors of the houses of the debtors!

Singapore has always been known for being a safe country to live in. However, with all the recent events such as the slashing incidents, peace is starting to seem like a far cry from the present Singapore. I believe that this is not the only such incident involving loansharks. There have probably been many more. One main reason for this would be the opening of the two new casinos in Singapore.

Most of us should remember the Indonesean man who stole a mobile phone worth five hundred dollars because he blew all his money at the casino at resort world Sentosa. There have been many different cases where people who lose their money at the casinos end up landing in debt and/or attempt thievery to clear their debts or to recuperate their losses. I am sure that the loansharks "come in handy" from now on due to human greed. After all, who doesn't want to make money instantly by just playing a few games in the casino?

Loansharks should be stopped before their acts become more dangerous. In the past, I remember the most they would have gone would be to hang pig heads outside the door of the debtor. However, they seem to be getting bolder. The girl who got caught was probably just a runner.

I hope the police are able to locate the real loansharks and put them behind bars before the situation in Singapore starts to get worse. I also urge those who are planning to go to casinos to manage their money properly and never ever look to loansharks as an option of getting that spare amount of money. After all, we wouldn't want to hurt our poor doors or get our families and neighbours into trouble, right?