The Commission Against Corruption (CCAC) published its 2025 annual report yesterday, laying out details of several criminal cases allegedly committed by civil servants and law enforcement officers.
In one of these cases, CCAC investigators found that a Public Security Police (PSP) officer fraudulently obtained paid sick leave, defrauding the government out of 900,000 patacas in salary.
The officer was found to have travelled to the Chinese mainland for meals during his sick leave, the report says.
According to the report, the CCAC found that the police officer had reported a wrist injury caused by a workplace accident in 2015. This resulted in nearly four consecutive years of absence from work between 2015 and 2019, during which he received nearly 900,000 patacas in salary.
Throughout this period, the police officer repeatedly told doctors that his wrist injury left him unable to work, thereby continuing to obtain sick leave notes from them.
However, the CCAC investigation discovered that the officer regularly rode motorcycles during his sick leave, and even took a lorry driving test twice.
Furthermore, during his time off, the police officer continuously participated in bowling competitions between 2016 and 2019, winning awards on several occasions.
In 2017, the officer also joined the Macau bowling training programme, frequently leaving Macau more than 300 times during his sick leave period, including trips involving flights abroad with his family.
The report states that the activities the police officer engaged in during his sick leave demonstrated a certain level of physical capability. These activities clearly contradicted his supposed inability to work, suggesting a long-term, deliberate exaggeration of his condition to fraudulently obtain paid sick leave.
The police officer has been accused of fraud. The CCAC report noted that the case was transferred to the Public Prosecutions Office in July 2025, and the police force has launched internal disciplinary proceedings against him.
This undated handout photo released by Macau’s anti-graft body yesterday shows Commissioner Against Corruption (CCAC) Ao Ieong Seong (left) handing her 2025 annual report to Chief Executive Sam Hou Fai.
