The Public Security Police (PSP) arrested two junior high school students last Saturday and on Monday for theft, PSP spokesman Wong Chi Weng said during a regular press conference yesterday.
Wong said that the duo, who attend different schools but are friends, are surnamed Cheng and Chio.
According to Wong, last Saturday, the Public Security Police received a report from a local man stating that a bicycle, a helmet, and a pair of shoes had been stolen from a parking space in a residential building’s carpark on Avenida de Guimarães (基馬拉斯大馬路) in Taipa, requesting that criminal liability be pursued.
Following an investigation utilising the city’s CCTV network and the carpark’s surveillance footage, officers confirmed that the duo had entered the car park at around 11:00 p.m. last Friday and taken the items.
On Saturday afternoon, PSP officers went to Chio’s home and arrested him, seizing a pair of shoes, Wong said, adding that on Monday afternoon, officers went to Cheng’s home and arrested him as well, recovering the bicycle and helmet from the ground floor of the building.
According to Wong, the investigation revealed that neither suspect lived in the building in question.
During questioning, Wong noted, the duo attempted to shift the blame onto each other. Cheng claimed that he had only taken the bicycle and helmet after being repeatedly urged to do so by Chio, whereas Chio argued that he had only entered the building that day to use the toilet.
The police did not reveal the two suspects’ ages. Under Macau’s Penal Code, the age of criminal responsibility is 16.
The duo have since been transferred to the Public Prosecutions Office (MP), each facing a charge of theft.
These two handout photos provided by the Public Security Police (PSP) yesterday show a bicycle, helmet, and pair of shoes allegedly stolen by two junior high school students, surnamed Cheng and Chio, last Friday.
