Taiwanese loses 427,851 patacas in online gambling scam

Staycationers accounted for 13.5 percent of Macau’s hotel guests last year, according to official statistics released last week.According to a statement by the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC), Macau’s 118 hotels and inns recorded 892,000 local guests in 2021, a year-on-year growth of 41.7 percent.Last year’s total number of guests rose by 71.0 percent year-on-year to 6.62 million. Mainland guests rose by 94.9 percent to 5.38 million, accounting for 81.2 percent of the total.Guests

Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Leng Kam Lon announced in a regular press conference yesterday at the PJ headquarters in Zape two separate investment scams victimising two middle-aged local women with their losses amounting to 260,000 yuan (289,000 patacas) and 799,000 patacas respectively.Each victim met a male “friend” on social media who claimed to share their interest in investing in stocks. The “friends” then introduced the victims to an investment app where they could buy stocks,