A male housekeeper from the Philippines was arrested on Thursday for allegedly stealing chips worth HK$63,000 (64,900 patacas) from a guestroom, Public Security Police (PSP) spokeswoman Kong Chi Ian said during a regular press conference yesterday.
Kong identified the suspect as a non-resident worker (NRW) surnamed Canilao, in his twenties, who worked as a housekeeper at a hotel in Cotai.
According to Kong, a man from the mainland reported in April that his chips worth HK$63,000, which he had left inside the hotel guestroom, had vanished. The victim told the police that after checking out, he remembered that he had left the chips in the guestroom, and after returning to look for them could not find them. Suspecting someone had stolen them, he immediately reported the case to the police.
Using the hotel’s surveillance footage, the police identified Canilao as the suspect and apprehended him on Thursday in the hotel. The footage showed Canilao had entered the guestroom before the victim returned.
Under questioning, Canilao denied the crime.
Canilao has been transferred to the Public Prosecutions Office (MP), facing a theft charge.
This undated handout photo provided by the Public Security Police (PSP) yesterday shows PSP officers escorting the Filipino theft suspect into a police station.
