A local woman and a man who married in 2008 and divorced in 2014 were taken to a police station for questioning about their sham marriage on Monday, Public Security Police (PSP) spokesman Lei Chan Hong said yesterday.
The suspect, who is in his forties, surnamed Ngai, is a technician who is originally from the mainland, while the suspect, who is in her thirties, surnamed Lok, told the police that she works in the service sector.
According to Lei, the pair became acquainted in 2007 when working together. In 2008, Ngai proposed the idea of entering into a fake marriage with Lok, offering her 40,000 patacas. Lok agreed to the arrangement.
Their “marriage” ended in 2014 after Ngai obtained a Macau identity card (BIR) in 2012. Recently, Ngai decided to legally marry his fiancée from the mainland. The Identification Services Bureau (DSI) suspected the previous “marriage” to be a sham and subsequently referred the case to the Public Security Police. As a result, both Lok and Ngai were summoned to a police station for questioning.
Lok confessed to the crime, while Ngai denied the accusation but told the police that he had never had a “real” relationship with Lok.
The duo have been transferred to the Public Prosecutions Office (MP), facing document forgery and false statement charges, according to Lei.
This undated handout photo provided by the Public Security Police (PSP) yesterday shows police officers escorting the two sham marriage suspects to a police station for questioning.
