The Public Prosecution Office (MP) has charged 26 suspects with a string of crimes allegedly committed in connection with the illegal granting of residence permits for investors and professionals by the government’s Macau Trade and Investment Promotion Institute (IPIM) between 2010 and 2018, Rádio Macau reported yesterday.
According to the unsourced report by the radio channel of government-owned broadcaster TDM, the suspects include former IPIM president Jackson Chang, also known as Cheong Chou Weng.
The report said that Chang had been charged with organised crime, corruption, money laundering, and breach of secrecy.