The police have busted a bogus marriage case involving a “couple” and the man’s brother, in which two local men and a woman were arrested on Thursday, Public Security Police (PSP) spokesman Lei Chan Hong said in a regular press conference yesterday.
Lei identified the “couple” as a local man surnamed Lam and a mainland woman surnamed Cao. Lam is in his sixties and works as a delivery driver, while Cao is in her forties, working in catering. The third suspect is Lam’s younger brother who claimed to be jobless.
According to Lei, Cao paid 160,000 yuan (177,065 patacas) to a female intermediary to arrange a fake marriage in 2016 in order to acquire Macau ID cards (BIRs) for her and her son. Lam received 140,000 yuan from the intermediary for agreeing to engage in a fake marriage with Cao. They registered their marriage in the mainland in 2016.
At Lam’s request, his brother made false statements to the Identification Services Bureau (DSI) about their marriage in 2020. Lam then arranged for Cao and her son to get non-permanent resident IDs in 2021, which permitted them to stay in Macau. Cao’s 11-year-old son is now studying in Macau.
The police arrested Cao and Lam on Thursday at the Hengqin Port and Barrier Gate checkpoints respectively, and arrested Lam’s brother in a flat in the northern district. Under questioning, Cao and Lam admitted that they had never lived together as a couple, and Lam’s brother admitted making false statements about their marriage.
The trio have been transferred to the Public Prosecutions Office (MP), facing document forgery charges, according to Lei.
This undated handout photo provided by the Public Security Police (PSP) yesterday shows the three suspects being escorted by PSP officers to a police station.
