The total number of crimes reported in the first half of this year dropped 2.8 percent year-on-year to 6,920, but the number of violent crimes rose 8.4 percent, Secretary for Security Wong Sio Chak said yesterday.
Wong announced the city’s crime statistics for the first six months of the year during a press conference at the S. Francisco Barracks yesterday. The Macau Public Security Forces are headquartered at Macau’s erstwhile Portuguese garrison barracks.
Wong said that the major kinds of crimes declined in the first half of this year and that Macau’s security situation in remains stable.
Secretary for Security Wong Sio Chak addresses yesterday’s press conference about the city’s H1 crime statistics. Photo: MPDG
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