For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil

For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some have been led astray from the faith in their greed, and have pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
1 Timothy 6:10

I could not agree more on the verse. Indeed, the love for money more than the love for God will produce many-many sorrows. There are so many victims of The Love For Money. The incidents around us nowadays proof the above verse from 1 Timothy 6:10. I will list some of them below here:

1. Lau Khoon Beng was shot three times in the head at Changkat Tembaga. According to the police, owed bookies a lot of money after a losing streak at horse races. He was also involved in a drug deal which has gone bad. According to his wife, her husband was involved in money-lending activities. [All for MONEY]

Read the detail here

2. The case of 38-year-old hawker Kau Mei Lin and her husband, tour van driver Seah Weng Chong, also 38 who forced their children to consume bleach and inhale cooking gas in a "sucessfull" attempt to force them to commit suicide. Why? The family was said to have been hounded by loan sharks. Please read my earlier post here

Read the update here

There are a lot of other cases - will add in if i am free. If you have stories related to this, please share.