An 18-year-old local male student and his mother were arrested last Thursday for evading responsibility and engaging in connivance, respectively, in a car accident in Rua dos Açores in Taipa (氹仔亞速爾街) earlier that day, Public Security Police (PSP) spokesman Kam Ka Kit said at a press conference yesterday.
The suspects are a 50-year-old local woman surnamed Chan, who told the police that she works as a casino supervisor, and an 18-year-old local student surnamed Hoi. They are mother and son.
According to Kam, the Public Security Police received a report last Thursday about a car accident in Rua dos Açores. PSP officers went to the scene where they found a car that had overturned. A scooter rider who had witnessed the accident told the police about a man who crawled out of the flipped car and left the scene. When the officers were investigating the accident, a woman (Chan) appeared at the scene, claiming that she was the driver and soon afterwards her son arrived there as well, telling the police he had heard that his mother had had a car accident so he went there to know what happened and to help his mother. He denied that he was the driver.
Kam said that PSP officers noticed at the scene that the mother and son’s statements were inconsistent with what the witness had told them.
Chan was unable to tell the police the details of the accident. Under questioning, Hoi finally admitted that he was the driver. He told the police that his mother had told him to sell her car a few days ago. He went for a ride “just for fun” that day when the car crashed into the road rails and overturned. As he did not have a driving licence he called his mother for help. She was eager to help her son so she rushed to the scene and falsely claimed that she had been behind the wheel when the accident happened.
The case was transferred to the Public Prosecutions Office (MP) on Friday. Chan faces a charge of engaging in connivance, while Hoi faces a charge of evading responsibility, according to Kam.
Public Security Police (PSP) spokesman Kam Ka Kit looks on during yesterday’s press conference at the Judiciary Police (PJ) headquarters. Photo: Camy Tam
