A businessperson endured terror after being taken by a group of men, before being released a few hours later, believed over debt issues.

According to Ampang Jaya police chief Mohamad Farouk Eshak, the 38-year-old victim was walking alone after having a meal at a restaurant in Jalan Pandan in Ampang, Selangor, yesterday, when a group of men forced him into a white Toyota Vellfire.

Farouk thanked the public who tried to help in the incident and urged people not to borrow money from unlicensed money lenders.