Vice-Premier Han Zheng on Wednesday met with a high-level delegation of the Macao Special Administrative Region’s (MSAR) Public Security Forces led by Secretary for Security Wong Sio Chak.
Wong Sio Chak
Secretary for Security Wong Sio Chak has said that video surveillance and facial recognition technology will be reinforced in the coming years.
The Legislative Assembly passed a government-initiated bill regulating its civil protection work, according to which those spreading rumours when “unforeseen public incidents” will face a prison term of up to three years.
The office of Macao’s top security official denied today a claim by Malaysian police chief that the Southeast Asian fugitive financier Jho Low is hiding in Macao.
The police have transferred the case involving two women – both widely known to be the daughters of a local lawmaker – for their alleged participation in an illegal June 4 gathering to the Public Prosecution Office (MP) in line with the assembly and demonstration law.
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.
COVID-19 “has resulted in many impacts” on the city’s public security – CCTV expansion and prison project both face delays.
All incidents related to the operation of the Light Rapid Transit (LRT) will be “uniformly” reported to the media by the government-owned LRT operator from now on.
The State Council on Sunday appointed the nine principal officials and the chief prosecutor of the incoming government of the Macau SAR which will take office on December 20.