A Nepalese security guard was attacked by seven local men at the private Macau University of Science and Technology’s (MUST) University Hospital on Avenida Wai Long in Taipa, causing multiple injuries, the Public Security Police (PSP) spokesperson said at a regular press conference on Friday.
According to the PSP spokesperson, the victim who is in his thirties reported to the police at about 9 p.m. on July 29 that he was recently attacked by seven passengers and drivers of three private cars, which were illegally parked at the hospital entrance. The PSP spokesperson quoted the victim as saying that in order to avoid the passageway being blocked by the cars, the security guard advised them to move the cars away from the entrance, which resulted in a conflict. Afterwards, the PSP spokesperson said, seven out of eight people in the cars got out of them and attacked the victim, adding that after the attack they immediately got into the cars and drove away from the scene.
The PSP spokesperson said that the victim suffered multiple injuries, and a hospital sign was damaged.
According to the PSP spokesperson, eight local men were summoned for questioning at a police station on July 29-31, who admitted that they had attacked the victim as they were upset with the victim telling them to move the cars away from the hospital entrance.
The eight suspects are aged between 21 and 46, and seven of them were involved in the fight, the PSP spokesperson said, adding that two of the suspects, surnamed Lo and Wong were suspected of driving without a licence, while the other suspect who was not involved in the fight, surnamed Chan, was suspected of standing in for one of the unlicensed drivers.
The eight people have been transferred to the Public Prosecutions Office (MP), where they face charges of causing bodily harm, driving without a licence, damaging property, as well as aiding and abetting the perpetrator of an offence.
Evidence, including two mobile phones, two car keys and a driving licence seized from the eight suspects, is displayed at the Judiciary Police (PJ) headquarters on Friday. Photo courtesy of TDM
