Suspect ran ‘medical’ beauty parlour with accomplice
A local man was arrested on Thursday for accepting payment from a Vietnamese woman to fraudulently obtain a work permit as his domestic helper so that she and her male Vietnamese friend could open an illegal “medical” beauty parlour, the Judiciary Police (PJ) announced yesterday.
The woman and her male accomplice were arrested last month for operating the parlour without a licence, PJ spokesman Chan Wun Man said at a regular press conference.
The 42-year-old local man surnamed Leong told the police that he works as a chauffeur.
According to Chan, the Judiciary Police received a tipoff by email on July 30 informing them someone was operating a beauty parlour illegally in the Ruins of St. Paul’s neighbourhood.
Officers went to the premises and discovered that the parlour was run by two Vietnamese without a licence. Under questioning, the woman showed the police her non-resident worker permit (informally known as “blue card”) as proof that she worked as a domestic helper for Leong. She admitted that she paid Leung to arrange a fake employment contract for her and she had never worked as a domestic helper for him.
Chan did not reveal the surnames of the two Vietnamese suspects.
Chan said that Leong, who lived most of the time in the mainland, was arrested on Thursday when he re-entered Macau via the Barrier Gate checkpoint. Leong admitted that in order to pay off his gambling debts, he charged the Vietnamese woman 8,000 patacas to apply for a “blue card” for her.
The Vietnamese duo were transferred to the Public Prosecutions Office (MP) on August 28, facing charges of unlawful practice of a profession, according to Article 322 of the Macau Penal Code
Leong was transferred to the Public Prosecutions Office (MP) on Friday, facing a document forgery charge.
Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Chan Wun Man poses at yesterday’s regular press conference. Photo: Camy Tam
