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Debt collection agents facing a tough time during pandemic

Clients may not be keen to spend on hiring them even as many debtors default on loans

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Debt collecting is not a job for the faint-hearted and the task has become downright hair-raising amid the pandemic, as a two-man team discovered during Chinese New Year.
What seemed a routine call-out quickly escalated into a tense stand-off and the police being called.
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