Is it illegal for online loans to violently collect and harass family members?

Legal analysis: It is illegal for the online loan platform to violently collect money during the collection process and harass the family members of the lender. Lenders can report illegal acts of online lending platform to China Internet Finance Reporting Information Platform in their own names or in the name of their units, truthfully report and safeguard their legitimate rights and interests. It is hoped that the borrower will take up the law to protect his personal privacy information in time when encountering such infringement. Secondly, if the circumstances are serious, you can also report to the public security department and ask the parties to compensate for personal or family losses. If the online loan company fails to comply with laws and regulations in the process of using violent collection, causing losses to the borrower, the online loan platform or collection agency shall bear corresponding legal responsibilities. Borrowers should also take up legal weapons in time to safeguard their legitimate rights and interests.

Legal basis: Article 42 of the Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) on Public Security Administration Punishment commits one of the following acts, and shall be detained for not more than five days or fined not more than five hundred yuan; If the circumstances are serious, they shall be detained for more than five days and less than ten days, and may be fined up to five hundred yuan:

(1) writing threatening letters or threatening the personal safety of others by other means;

(2) publicly insulting others or fabricating facts to slander others;

(3) fabricating facts, falsely accusing and framing others, and attempting to subject others to criminal investigation or public security administration punishment;

(4) Threatening, insulting, beating or retaliating against witnesses and their close relatives;

(5) sending obscene, insulting, intimidating or other information for many times to interfere with the normal life of others;

(six) voyeurism, sneak shots, eavesdropping, spreading the privacy of others.