In the first nine months of the year the police recorded 10,559 suspected crimes, a year-on-year decline of 1.8 percent, Secretary for Security Wong Sio Chak announced yesterday.
Wong also said that the number of suspected violent crime cases significantly fell 23.9 percent to 452 in the nine-month period. Macau’s top security official revealed the figures during a press conference at the S. Francisco Barracks about the January-September crime statistics.
Wong said that the number of reported fraud cases increased 24.1 percent to 871 during the nine-month period.
Secretary for Security Wong Sio Chak addresses yesterday’s press conference about the city’s January-September crime statistics, at the S. Francisco Barracks yesterday. Photo: GCS
