A 45-year-old mainland businessman was arrested on Monday for allegedly filing a false theft report after claiming that 30,000 yuan (33,055 patacas) in cash had been stolen from his guestroom in a hotel in Macau, a Judiciary Police spokesperson announced during a regular press conference yesterday.
The spokesperson said that PJ officers received a report on Monday involving a theft case in a hotel in Zape, where a man reported that he had put 30,000 yuan in a safe in his hotel room, only to discover later that the money had vanished, “suspecting” that it had been stolen.
Upon arrival, officers found no evidence that anyone else had entered the room during the time he claimed the theft occurred. Moreover, the hotel’s records indicated that the safe had not been opened during his stay, the statement said, adding that this led the police to suspect that the reported cash may not have existed at all.
The suspect refused to provide further details about the purported incident. The case has been transferred to the Public Prosecutions Office (MP), facing a charge of making a false report.
Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Leng Kam Lon (left) looks on during yesterday’s regular press conference at a Public Security Police (PSP) facility in Zape, while a PSP spokesperson speaks. – Photo: Ginnie Liang
