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The Macau-Portugal agreement on the extradition of fugitive offenders excludes those wanted for political crimes or facing capital punishment, according to the full text of the accord which was published in the Macau Official Gazette (BO) yesterday.The agreement was signed by Secretary for Administration and Justice Sónia Chan Hoi Fan and Portuguese Justice Minister Francisca Van Dunem in Lisbon on May 15.While the agreement does not expressly exclude the extradition of Portuguese nationals to

Twelve men and women who worked for a clinic, a traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) pharmacy and dried seafood shop have been arrested for using more than 11,000 local ID cards since May last year to obtain digital health vouchers through fraudulent methods, cheating the government out of more than 9 million patacas in less than a year, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokeswoman Lei Hon Nei said at a special press conference yesterday.The 12 suspects aged between 25 and 66 comprise nine local residents