A mainland overstayer was arrested last Thursday for buying and selling forged arrival cards, Public Security Police (PSP) spokesman Lam Keong said during a regular press conference yesterday.
The 37-year-old suspect, surnamed Chen, told the police that he’s a waiter.
According to Lam, PSP officers arrested Chen after they saw him acting suspiciously at a taxi rank in Rua da Ponte Negra. Under questioning, Chen showed a forged arrival card and admitted that he’s an overstayer.
Lam said Chen entered Macau via the Barrier Gate on March 15. He gambled away a large amount of money in local casinos and later overstayed in Macau in an attempt to find a job.
Lam said Chen met a man he didn’t know on April 2 at the Galaxy casino in Cotai. He paid the man HK$1,500 for forged arrival cards for himself and a married couple. Afterward, Chen resold two of the arrival cards for 1,600 patacas to the couple.
According to Lam, the couple are overstayers. The 27-year-old wife surnamed Ma told the police that she is unemployed. Her 27-year-old husband surnamed Liu said that he is a clerk. They were arrested on Saturday at StarWorld Hotel.
The trio were transferred to the Public Prosecution Office (MP) on Saturday, each facing a charge of overstaying while Chen also faces document forgery charges.
This handout photo provided by the Public Security Police (PSP) yesterday shows the three suspects being escorted by PSP officers to the Public Prosecution Office (MP) in Nape on Saturday.
