Shark tale: Thai PM warns loan sharks not to test government waters as they target debt-relief participant

The Prime Minister of Thailand, Srettha Thavisin, warned loan sharks not to challenge government power after two loan sharks threatened a debtor who participated in a government debt relief programme.

A Thai woman named Som sought protection from the police and the government after the loan sharks came to her restaurant in the Sankaburi district in the central province of Chainart and destroyed the joint.

Som believed that the loan sharks did this to take out their anger on her after she registered for the government’s debt relief scheme.

Security camera footage shared by Som showed the two loan sharks arriving at the restaurant on a motorbike. They rushed into the restaurant and disconnected the CCTV camera.

Som explained that she received a call from an employee at 7am yesterday, December 6, that thieves broke into her restaurant. She rushed to…