The Public Security Police (PSP) busted last week a suspected illegal project to convert the rooftop of a residential high-rise in Taipa and the fire safety refuge floor right below the rooftop into a restaurant and club, PSP spokesman Ho Ka Kit said during a regular press conference yesterday.
The police caught three male illegal workers on the premises – one from Hong Kong and two from Vietnam, Ho said. At the time of the press conference yesterday afternoon, the police were still looking for the person who hired the three men.
According to Ho, the police recently received complaints from a number of residents that the rooftop of the residential building in Rua de Coimbra in Taipa and the refuge floor – on the 42nd floor – right below the rooftop had been illegally occupied by someone for a long time and were suspected of being used for unlicensed business activities.
Ho did not reveal the name of the building.
Rua de Coimbra runs between Taipa Central Park in Avenida de Kwong Tung and Flower City Garden in Avenida Olímpica.
According to Ho, PSP officers went to the building to investigate last Thursday. The officers found that the refuge floor on the 42nd floor had been converted into a venue that appeared to be a restaurant, and discovered that two Vietnamese men were working there.
According to Ho, PSP officers also noticed that the stairwell leading up to the rooftop had been renovated. The officers went up to the rooftop, where they discovered that it had been converted into what appeared to be a restaurant and club, and found that two men – one local and one from Hong Kong – were working there.
The police later confirmed that one of the two Vietnamese men had illegally re-entered Macau after having been banned from the city by the local authorities, while the other is an overstayer, according to Ho, who said that both failed to provide the police with any information about their illegal “employer”.
According to Ho, the Hong Kong man told the police that he is the owner of an IT company, while the local man said that he is a staff member of the IT company.
The Hong Kong man told the police that he had been hired by the owner of a flat in the building to install Wi-Fi on the rooftop, Ho said.
All three non-local men admitted to working illegally in Macau, Ho said, adding that the police were now looking for the owner of the flat.
Ho said that the police have meanwhile transferred the case to the Lands, Public Works and Transport Bureau (DSSOPT) and the Fire Services Bureau (CB) for follow-up action.
This undated handout photo provided by the Public Security Police (PSP) yesterday shows the suspected illegal “restaurant and club” on the rooftop of a residential high-rise in Taipa.
This undated handout photo released by the Public Security Police yesterday shows what appears to be the entrance of a “restaurant” on the refuge floor of the residential building right below the rooftop.
