A non-resident worker (NRW) from the mainland has been arrested for masturbating while sitting next to a female passenger on a bus, Public Security Police (PSP) spokesman Leong Chi Seng said during a regular press conference on Monday.
The 39-year-old suspect surnamed Li is a renovation worker. The victim in her twenties is a university student from the mainland.
According to Leong, on December 5 at 10 p.m. when the victim was sitting on a bus heading to Hengqin Port, she noticed Li, sitting next to her, exposing himself and masturbating with a black leather bag covering his lower body. The victim reported the case to the police the next day.
After scrutinising CCTV footage from the bus, PSP officers identified Li and arrested him at Macau-Hengqin Port (border checkpoint) later that day. Under questioning, Li admitted to the crime, claiming that he was attracted to the victim and, therefore, engaged in indecent behaviour on the bus.
Li has been transferred to the Public Prosecutions Office (MP), facing an exhibitionism charge, according to Leong.
This undated handout photo provided by the Public Security Police (PSP) on Monday shows police officers escorting the suspect to a police station.
