The Judiciary Police (PJ) nabbed a construction worker for causing a fire in a hotel’s banquet hall in Cotai last week, PJ spokesman Leng Kam Lon said during a regular press conference yesterday.
According to Leng, the local suspect, surnamed Tam, is about 30 years old. He told the police that he worked for a construction sub-contractor at the hotel.
According to Leng, the fire broke out at about 2 p.m. at the St. Regis hotel on January 2. The hotel told the police that the banquet hall was on fire.
This file photo shows two ambulances and two fire engines at the entrance of the St. Regis Macao luxury hotel in Cotai during last week’s fire in the banquet hall. Photo: MPDG
