The graft trial of the ex-president of the government’s Macau Trade and Investment Promotion Institute (IPIM) and over two dozen co-defendants was adjourned for the second time today because of the unjustified absence of some of the defendants.
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A local man borrowed a government-issued consumption subsidy smartcard – popularly known as “green card” – from his septuagenarian neighbour and “sold” it together with his own card for a total of 4,800 patacas which he then gambled away.
A number of residents had received an SMS on their smartphones sent from a local smartphone number offering them “soaring” stock earnings.
Macau’s number of reported crimes fell 28.3% year-on-year to 2,412 in the first quarter of the year, the office of Secretary for Security Wong Sio Chak announced today.
A Macau resident was arrested for filming in men’s toilets in Hac Sa Beach, in Coloane, the Public Security Police (PSP) announced today.
Macau’s Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau (DICJ) will get a new director, a spokesperson for the Office of Secretary for Economy and Finance Lei Wai Nong told the Macau Post Daily today.
A mainlander holding a family visit permit suspected of having entered into a sham marriage and producing forged arrival cards was arrested with his “wife”, a middleman and two overstayers last week.
The police said in separate messages over the weekend that they are investigating three deaths. Two of the deaths occurred in Seac Pai Van.
A total of 37 schoolgirls have complained about a man who sexually harassed them outside their school.