KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian singer Diorlying Tan has publicly disowned her younger brother Ansenn due to his gambling addiction and scamming her fans.
In an Instagram post on Oct 5, Tan shared a photo of Ansenn on his knees in tears and several screenshots revealing his scams targeting her followers.
The 25-year-old said she was "done" with her brother's actions and urged anyone affected by his scams to report him to the police.
Tan detailed Ansenn's gambling addiction, disclosing that he had been gambling since his teenage years and had already accumulated debts amounting to "hundreds of thousands".
"We gave you chances and helped pay off your debts, yet you kept abusing our trust without remorse," she said.
Tan recounted a time when Ansenn called her, crying and begging for financial help.
"I must have been crazy at that time. I transferred my winnings to him, reached out to a friend in Australia for help, bought him a plane ticket to leave the country and arranged a job for him.
"I thought he'd be better off abroad, but it's happened so many times that I've lost count," she said.
The final straw came when Ansenn began scamming not just Tan's followers, but his own family and girlfriend.
Tan accused her brother of stealing their father's gold chain to pawn for gambling money and borrowing money from loan sharks, which nearly resulted in their sister being kidnapped.
"He's lost his humanity and shows no remorse. I'm not even sure if he has a conscience," she said.
Tan announced that her entire family has decided to sever ties with Ansenn. She also told him to take care of himself.
Many of Tan's friends and fans expressed their sympathy while others hoped for Ansenn to turn over a new leaf.