Only five out of 29 lawmakers voted yesterday in support of an amendment bill on sex crimes, listed in the Macau Penal Code, proposed by grassroots lawmakers Antonio Ng Kuok Cheong and Au Kam San.
Nine lawmakers abstained from voting on the bill. There are a total of 33 lawmakers in the Legislative Assembly (AL); three were absent and, as is customary, the speaker of legislature did not vote.
The duo’s bill proposed a separate category for indecent assault.
Grassroots lawmaker Antonio Ng Kuok Cheong speaks during yesterday’s plenary session in the legislature’s hemicycle. Photo: Tony Wong
