Secretary for Security Wong Sio Chak said yesterday the police didn’t have any intention of “hiding from the media”, when asked whether it was appropriate that the police informed the media two hours after receiving a call that a bomb had been put in a casino-hotel –which turned out to be false alarm.
Wong made the comments while speaking to reporters at the Macau Chamber of Commerce in Zape where he attended a reception to celebrate National Day.
According to local Chinese-language media reports, the police received a call from a man at about 7 p.m. on Wednesday that he had put a bomb in a casino-hotel in Cotai. It was not until two hours later that the police informed the media via mobile phone messages that the police had confirmed that it was a hoax, according to the media reports.
Secretary for Security Wong Sio Chak speaks to reporters yesterday at the Macau Chamber of Commerce in Zape. Photo: MPDG
