Politics

Police has busted the first sex-trafficking case involving Korean nationals in Macau, the International Crime Investigation Bureau of the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency said Sunday and reported by The Korean Times. Overseas sex-trafficking cases involving Korean women have previously been uncovered in Japan, the Philippines, the United States and Australia. A 30-year-old identified only by […]

Secretary for Transport and Public Works Raimundo Arrais do Rosario said Thursday he believed the general public would agree that private property is “a bit expensive”. Asked by reporters as to whether the government will come up with new measures to ensure that the private property market develops in a healthy way, the new policy […]

All the six hotel prostitution ring suspects who were arrested by the Judiciary Police (PJ) on Saturday were remanded in pre-trial custody on Wednesday, the Public Prosecution Office (MP) said in a statement. The statement did not mention the surnames and ages of the six suspects, nor the name of the hotel where they allegedly […]

Government representatives have agreed to suggestions proposed by lawmakers to differentiate between farm animals and pets during a meeting of the Legislative Assembly (AL) First Standing Committee Wednesday. Kwan Tsui Hang, president of the committee, said that the change affords greater flexibility to businesses such as pet shops when providing accommodation for the animals they […]

Secretary for Security Wong Sio Chak vowed on Tuesday to strengthen police inspections and crime-prevention measures targeting the city’s hotels and casinos to ensure that the local gaming and tourism industries can develop in a healthy, stable and orderly manner. Wong, a public prosecutor by profession, also said that “equality before the law is a […]

Lawmakers overwhelmingly passed the general outline of the government’s domestic violence prevention bill Tuesday, with developer Fong Chi Keong, a government-appointed lawmaker, abstaining. Many lawmakers voiced their concerns on how authorities will determine the level of the severity of a domestic dispute. They also raised questions on the definition of minor offences as defined in […]

Six suspects who allegedly ran a prostitution ring involving 96 sex workers in one of the city’s best known hotels were taken to the Public Prosecution Office (MP) for questioning Monday morning, one day after the Judiciary Police (PJ) announced their arrests. On Monday, government-broadcaster TDM identified the crime scene in question as Hotel Lisboa […]

The Judiciary Police (PJ) have busted the largest prostitution ring in Macau since the 1999 handover, nabbing six suspects, including senior hotel executives, for their alleged involvement. The arrests, which were made on Saturday evening, were announced on Sunday. According to a special press conference last night, the six suspects comprise a 68-year-old local male […]

The Judiciary Police (PJ) picked up 30 suspects for drug-related crimes on Thursday while Zhuhai police arrested seven suspected kingpins, which supplied the local suspects with drugs. A PJ spokesperson said at a press conference on Friday that the 30 people caught in Macau included locals, Hongkongers and mainlanders aged between 19 and 60. Their […]