The police have arrested 15 men and women on suspicion of credit card fraud involving HK$100 million, a Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesperson said at a press briefing yesterday. The spokesperson said that after launching an investigation following a tipoff in July, the police identified a shop in Nape, disguised as a jewellery and phone shop […]
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The Judiciary Police (PJ) recorded 1,553 gaming-related crimes in 2015, a year-on-year increase of 38 percent, Secretary for Security Wong Sio Chak announced on Monday. Addressing a press conference at his office in Cotai to announce last year’s crime figures, the policy secretary said that last year’s total number of crimes dropped 2.6 percent year-on-year […]
The police arrested a Filipina domestic helper on Thursday for dumping her newborn in a waste bin in a residential building in Taipa on Tuesday, a Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesperson said. The spokesperson made the announcement during a special press briefing last night. A baby girl was left inside a bin in a communal utility […]
A cleaner found a newborn baby girl abandoned in a bin on the 17th floor of a residential building in Flower City in Taipa on Tuesday morning, said Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Choi Ian Fai. Choi said the Public Security Police (PSP) got a call from residents of the 17th floor flat in Lei Yip […]
The number of cases registered by the Judiciary Police (PJ) in 2015 grew to 11,305, which constitutes 568 more cases than in 2014, representing a year-on-year growth of 5.3 percent. These results were presented to the press yesterday during the annual police New Year meeting, held at PJ headquarters. From the annual report, the PJ […]
Judiciary Police (PJ) Director Chau Wai Kuong said on Tuesday that the risk of a terrorist attack locally is “relatively low”. Chau made the remarks on the sidelines of a meeting with the Macau General Union of Neighbourhood Associations (“Kai Fong”) and the Macau Property Management Association at the PJ headquarters. According to the 2016 […]
Lai Man Wa’s case has been closed. The Judiciary Police says the Prosecutions Office has determined that the former Customs director committed suicide. However, information on the reason behind the suicide will not be made public following a request made by Lai’s family. On October 30th last year, the body of Macau’s first female Customs […]
The Examining Magistracy said in a statement on Saturday that it had ordered the six Public Security Police (PSP) officers who were arrested on Thursday on suspicion of having committed a string of serious crimes over the past four years, such as misfeasance in public office, to be remanded in custody. Speaking during Friday’s press […]
Responding to a resident’s comment that “gambling is 90 percent a scam”, newly appointed Gaming Inspection and Co-ordination Bureau (DICJ) Director Paulo Martins Chan said that the government would do its best to minimise any possible negative impact that the gaming industry may have on civil society. The director, who took up his position last […]