The Public Security Police (PJ) arrested a local man and a woman from Vietnam on Monday for their involvement in fake employment, PSP spokesman Wong Wai Chon said during a regular press conference yesterday.
Wong identified the suspects as a local clerk in his forties, surnamed Fu, and a Vietnamese woman in her forties, surnamed Nguyen.
According to Wong, the police uncovered the fraudulent employment situation while processing a blue card renewal application for a non-resident worker (NRW), in which Nguyen was allegedly colluding with Fu to fabricate their employment connection.
Wong noted that during a review of the renewal application, the police discovered that Nguyen could not explain her job. Additionally, her immigration records indicated multiple departures from Macau, raising suspicions of fraudulent employment.
The police summoned Nguyen and Fu to a police station on Sunday. Under questioning, both admitted that Nguyen had never actually worked as a domestic helper in Fu’s household. Nguyen told the police that she wanted to remain in Macau to hunt for jobs and had asked her friend Fu to “employ” her in 2022 in order to obtain a blue card (as work permits are colloquially known). Fu claimed that he had only agreed to help a friend and did not receive any financial benefit from the arrangement.
The duo have been transferred to the Public Prosecutions Office (MP), each facing a charge for their involvement in arranging fake employment.
This undated handout photo provided by the Public Security Police (PSP) yesterday shows PSP officers escorting the fake-employment suspects to a police station.
