The Public Security Police (PSP) have uncovered a sham marriage scam following an application by a mainland man for a family reunion with his parents in Macau, PSP spokesman Lei Chan Hou said during a regular press conference yesterday.
When examining the application for a Macau residence permit, the Public Security Police uncovered that a man in his sixties surnamed Nie had married a local woman surnamed Ha in a fake marriage in order to obtain a Macau ID card, according to Lei, who noted that a follow-up investigation showed that Nie, after divorcing his first wife surnamed Yu in the mainland in 2006, soon married Ha through the introduction of his sister who is a Macau permanent resident, but they never lived together as husband and wife during the “marriage”.
Lei added that Nie, who is now a permanent Macau resident, obtained his ID card in 2011 and divorced Ha in 2019 when he remarried Yu, who is currently a non-permanent Macau resident.
Under questioning, Nie and Ha admitted to committing the crime, while Yu and the sister denied it. Ha told the police that she had received 3,000 patacas from Nie’s sister to help her brother from the mainland obtain a Macau ID card through a marriage of convenience.
All four suspects in their sixties have been transferred to the Public Prosecutions Office (MP) for further investigation.
This undated handout photo provided by the Public Security Police (PSP) yesterday shows the local sexual harassment suspect being escorted to a police station in Nam Van.
