Eight non-resident workers’ stay permits cancelled as police seek to curb flow of unnecessary travellers in search of a fast buck.
Secretary for Security Wong Sio Chak
COVID-19 “has resulted in many impacts” on the city’s public security – CCTV expansion and prison project both face delays.
The number of reported robbery cases and rape cases increased 29.8% and 68.4% respectively in the first three quarters of this year.
Secretary for Security Wong Sio Chak said Thursday that the government-appointed Macau Public Security Forces Discipline Supervision Committee will be granted more powers later this year.
The 562 illegal money changers have meanwhile been deported to the mainland, and 407of them have been banned from entering Macau for a period of time.
Secretary for Security Wong Sio Chak said that the police have noted that the number of Hong Kong people smuggling drugs into Macau has been on the rise since the opening of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge (HZMB) in late October last year.
The number of reported robbery cases rose 27.8 percent year on year, from 18 to 23, in the first quarter of this year, Secretary for Security Wong Sio Chak announced Monday.
Secretary for Security Wong Sio Chak said on Monday there was a need to establish a unit specifically for the enforcement of Macau’s local national security law.
Secretary for Security Wong Sio Chak said Sunday that 100 body-worn cameras will come into use for Public Security Police (PSP) officers on Wednesday.
