JOHOR BAHRU, May 21 -- A 36-year-old businessman is now living in fear after several moneylenders threatened to kidnap and sell his son's organs, in addition to injuring him and burning down his house over a loan application.

Chan Chee Hau said he received the threat shortly after he applied to take out a RM50,000 loan meant for working capital for his car rental business in Kuala Lumpur.

His ordeal started on May 8 after he saw a loan advertisement on Facebook that used a licensed loan company logo.

"I was interested in taking out a RM50,000 loan and initially dealt with a man over the phone.

"Later on the same day, I met up with him at a supermarket in Taman Molek here where he took a video of me holding my MyKad.

"Later I was aske...