A mainland man was arrested on Tuesday for falsely reporting to the police that he had been defrauded out of HK$5,000, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Ho Wai Lok said yesterday, adding that the Judiciary Police initially believed that the victim had borrowed money from the suspect for gambling but failed to repay it.
According to yesterday’s regular press conference, the Judiciary Police were called to a hotel in Cotai to investigate a suspected fraud case on Tuesday, during which the “fraud case victim” (Liu) told the police he had been cheated out of HK$5,000 by a man claiming that his son was in a need of emergency hospital treatment.
Later that day, the Judiciary Police intercepted the “fraud case suspect” at the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge checkpoint and later found that the statement made by (Liu) then the “fraud case victim” did not tally with the facts, Ho noted, adding that the Judiciary Police initially believed that the actual victim had borrowed money from the actual suspect (Liu) for gambling and failed to repay it, intentionally fabricating facts to falsely accuse the actual victim in an attempt to force him to pay back the money.
The suspect, 43, surnamed Liu told the police that he is a farmer, while the victim is a middle-aged man from the mainland. Both met on a flight to Macau on Sunday.
Liu was transferred to the Public Prosecutions Office (MP) on Wednesday, facing a charge of making a false police report.
Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Ho Wai Lok looks on during yesterday’s regular press conference at the Public Security Police (PSP) press room in Zape. – Photo: Yuki Lei
