The Judiciary Police arrested a local man for blackmail and causing bodily harm to his ex-girlfriend overnight between Tuesday and Wednesday, PJ spokesman Cheong Kim Fong said during a regular press conference yesterday.
Cheong identified the suspect as a 34-year-old engineer surnamed Chan.
According to Cheong, the Judiciary Police received a report on Wednesday from a female who claimed to have been assaulted and blackmailed by her 34-year-old ex-boyfriend surnamed Chan.
Cheong said that an investigation showed that they had been in a relationship since 2021 and were cohabiting in a flat the northern district. On Tuesday night, according to Cheong, after the victim proposed ending the relationship, Chan became agitated, striking the victim across the face and pushing her to the ground, resulting in a knee injury.
According to Cheong, Chan grabbed the victim’s mobile phone and demanded 70,000 patacas for his alleged expenditure during their relationship, threatening to keep her phone. He also threatened that he would not allow her to leave the flat if she failed to come up with the cash. Under duress, the victim first transferred 10,000 patacas through an app to the suspect and later gave another 10,000 patacas to him that she withdrew from an ATM downstairs, Cheong said.
The suspect then told the victim to come up with the remaining 50,000 patacas as soon as possible.
After Chan had released the victim, according to Cheong, she reported the incident to the police after telling her family about the blackmail on Wednesday morning. At noon the same day, PJ officers arrested Chan in the flat and seized 10,000 patacas and two smartphones from him.
Chan was transferred to the Public Prosecutions Office (MP) on Wednesday, facing charges of blackmail and causing bodily harm.
This undated photo provided by Judiciary Police yesterday shows 10,000 patacas in cash and two smartphones seized from Chan in the northern district.
