A people-smuggling gang that helped mainlanders enter and leave Macau illegally via a construction site near the Zhuhai-Macau land border in Ilha Verde was jointly busted by the Judiciary Police and Zhuhai Public Security Bureau.
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A male tutor from Hong Kong has been sentenced to a prison term of 18 years and six months for repeatedly sexually abusing at least six schoolboys.
A local man was sentenced to 13 years’ imprisonment for burning and blinding his wife — four months short of the maximum sentence.
Two locals in their twenties are suspected to have breached the General Regulations Governing Public Places.
A local bus driver was detained for the alleged sexual abuse of an 11-year-old girl.
Local woman had five Chinese box turtles wrapped around her abdomen and in her trouser pockets when going through security checks at Gongbei Customs.
The total number of crimes reported in the first half of this year dropped 2.8% year-on-year.
Counterfeit children’s items of clothing and swimwear depicting famous British cartoon character Peppa Pig were seized by customs officers.
Police report 4,842 cases of drivers using mobile phones while driving between January and July this year, an enormous year-on-year increase of 47% compared with the same period of last year.