Customs nab 3 IIs, 2 snakeheads

The Macau Customs Service said in a statement its officers picked up three illegal immigrants (IIs) and two snakeheads early yesterday morning on the shore near Sai Van Bridge.In Cantonese jargon, people smugglers are known as snakeheads.The statement said that the quintet, all male mainlanders and aged between 32 and 50, were spotted on a boat there. Officers on a speedboat approached them and four of those on board the vessel jumped into the sea. All them were eventually caught.Typically,

June 21, 2018 | BY admin

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Govt aims to finish kindergarten sex abuse probe next month

Education and Youth Affairs Bureau (DSEJ) Deputy Director Kong Chi Meng said yesterday that his bureau aimed to finish next month its investigation into alleged sexual abuse at the private D. Jose da Costa Nunes Kindergarten in Avenida de Sidonio Pais, according to a report by Ou Mun Tin Toi, the Chinese-language radio channel of government-owned broadcaster TDM, yesterday.According to the report, Kong underlined that many people have been involved in the investigation, pointing out that his

June 21, 2018 | BY admin

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Cabbie locks 4 US passengers in taxi

A taxi driver has been arrested for locking four US passengers in his taxi last Friday night, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Leng Kam Lun said during a regular press conference yesterday.According to Leng, the suspect is a 26-year-old local man surnamed Lao.Leng said that the four passengers – a couple surnamed Bradley and two of their relatives, got into the taxi driven by Lao at 11 p.m. outside a casino in Cotai, asking him to take them to Rua da Penha on the peninsula. Before setting off,

June 20, 2018 | BY admin

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1st locally-infected dengue case this year: SSM

The Health Bureau (SSM) said in a statement yesterday that it recorded the first locally-infected dengue fever this year.According to the statement, the patient is a 58-year-old local man who lives in Avenida 1 de Maio. He works in a casino-resort hotel in Cotai.The statement said that on June 10 the man had symptoms including fever and aching muscles, and went to the private Kiang Wu Hospital. Last Wednesday, he was diagnosed with an upper respiratory tract infection at the hospital and was

June 20, 2018 | BY admin

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Customs bust 7 shops selling fake sporting products

The Macau Customs Service said in a statement yesterday that its officers have raided seven shops selling fake branded sporting products such as backpacks, training shoes, sports clothes and bum bags.According to the statement, the raids took place before and during the ongoing FIFA World Cup in Russia, which began last Thursday.The seized products have a retail sales value – if fraudulently sold as genuine proprietary articles – of 480,000 patacas, the statement said, adding that 11 people

June 20, 2018 | BY admin

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Top court rejects appeal by 4 ex-cops in deadly assault case

The Court of Final Appeal (TUI) said in a statement yesterday that it has turned down a joint appeal by four former police officers concerning a deadly assault case for which they were each sentenced to a seven-year prison term in 2015 after a male suspect was beaten to death in a police station in 2007.According to the statement, while the Court of First Instance (TJB) could not confirm whether the victim was beaten to death by the four defendants or other police officers, it sentenced them

June 20, 2018 | BY admin

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Govt to host 1st China-PSCs arts & culture-fest

The Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) announced yesterday that it will host the city’s first Arts and Cultural Festival involving China and Portuguese-speaking Countries (PSCs) later this year, with the aim of promoting regular cultural exchanges between the two sides.The two-month festival, themed “Encounter in Macau” this year, will kick off next month, featuring five highlights namely the China and Portuguese-speaking Countries Film Festival, “Chapas Sínicas – Stories of Macau in Torre

June 20, 2018 | BY admin

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Helper harms baby: police

A domestic helper has been arrested for causing physical harm to a 14-month-old baby boy in a flat in Areia Preta last week, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Leng Kam Lon said during a regular press conference yesterday.Leng identified the suspect as a 27-year-old woman from Myanmar.According to Leng, the suspect was hired to work in the toddler’s home in Avenida Nordeste in April to take care of him as well as the his twin sister. Last Wednesday morning, the victim’s mother watching live

June 20, 2018 | BY admin

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Cabbie locks man & grandson inside taxi: police

The Public Prosecution Office (MP) said in a statement on Saturday that a cabbie who locked a man and his grandson inside his taxi had been released on his own recognisance.A Public Security Police (PSP) spokesperson announced the case during a regular press conference last Thursday. The suspect was identified as a man in his thirties surnamed Fong.According to the spokesperson, the two passengers are a local man in his sixties working in a bank and his five-year-old grandson.On Tuesday night

June 18, 2018 | BY admin

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Morpheus opening ‘new chapter’ in Macau

Gaming operator Melco Resorts & Entertainment Chairman and CEO Lawrence Ho Yau Lung said on Friday that the opening of his company’s Morpheus resort hotel, Phase 3 of the City of Dreams, was the opening of a “new chapter” in Macau, adding that it would be “an icon for Asia”.Ho made the remarks during a press conference at City of Dreams prior to the opening ceremony of the US$1.1 billion hotel on Friday.According to Melco, the hotel has a total of 772 guestrooms, suites and

June 18, 2018 | BY admin

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Man nabbed for indecent behaviour with schoolgirls: police

The Public Security Police (PSP) have caught a man who was reportedly seen trying to make indecent contact with schoolgirls in the city centre last week, according to a PSP statement on Friday.On Thursday, the Judiciary Police (PJ) said in a statement they were informed through the School Safety Network that a parent had seen a man trying to make indecent contact with several schoolgirls. He was frequently spotted wandering around Rua do Campo trying to touch schoolgirls’ bodies or

June 18, 2018 | BY admin

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Canidrome holds greyhound adoption day

About a dozen greyhounds with their handlers had a meet-and-greet with local people yesterday during an adoption day held at Macau (Yat Yuen) Canidrome.The dog racetrack at Fai Chi Kei will shut down as its land lease with the government expires on July 21, and there have been concerns about the fate of the roughly 650 greyhounds when it closes.About 15 greyhounds that have passed a training programme approved by the Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau (IACM) and are supposed to be ready to be

June 18, 2018 | BY admin

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Loan shark nabbed over captive’s death fall: police

A mainlander, a self-confessed member of a loansharking gang, was arrested on Wednesday for his alleged involvement in causing another mainlander’s death fall in Zape last year, a Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesperson said during a special press conference on Friday.The spokesperson identified the suspect as a 29-year-old surnamed Cen, who told police that he works as a bar manager. The deceased is a 30-year-old man surnamed Chen, who was a manager of a mainland beverage company.The spokesperson

June 18, 2018 | BY admin

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Thousands protest over traffic woes

Thousands of residents took part in a protest organised by the grassroots Macau Community Development Initiative (MCDI) on Saturday against the government’s perceived failure to provide residents with sufficient numbers of parking spaces.The demonstrators also expressed their discontent with apparently tougher law enforcement to fine those illegally parking their vehicles, considering that the city’s parking spaces for cars and motorcycles are utterly insufficient to meet public demand.A

June 18, 2018 | BY admin

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