8 Iranians arrested for using fake passports

Eight Iranians were arrested on Sunday for entering Macau with fake passports with the intention of flying to Europe from Macau to seek jobs, Public Security Police (PSP) spokesman Choi Iok Kin said at a regular press conference yesterday.The six men and two women, aged 20 to 40, were arrested on Sunday when an immigration officer at the local airport checked one of the Iranian’s passports after the eight had arrived on a flight from Kuala Lumpur. The bar code reader could not read the

January 9, 2019 | BY admin

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CO poisoning victim’s daughter nabbed for overstaying: police

Last Sunday a 68-year-old woman surnamed Dong from the mainland died of carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning in the kitchen of a suspected illegal inn in Rua de Berlim – and after further investigation, the police confirmed that the victim’s daughter, aged 50, is an overstayer, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Leng Kam Lon said at a regular press conference yesterday.Apparently, the kitchen had been converted into a bedroom. The flat’s water heater is located in the kitchen, the door and windows

January 9, 2019 | BY admin

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4-year-old boy in critical condition due to flu

The Health Bureau (SSM) said yesterday that a four-year-old boy was in critical condition due to Type A influenza associated with encephalitis.The bureau made the announcement during a press conference about Macau’s situation of seasonal influenza. The presser took place at the public Conde de Sao Januario Hospital Centre.Addressing the press conference, Lam Chong, who heads the bureau’s Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, said that patient data from the public hospital and the

January 8, 2019 | BY admin

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Woman defrauds husband’s brother: police

The wife of a mainland man took HK$50,000 from her husband’s younger brother on Sunday morning in a residential flat near the Barrier Gate, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Lai Man Vai said yesterday at a regular press conference.Lai said that the victim, his brother and his 30-year-old sister-in-law, surnamed Choi, came to Macau to gamble. The three went to a casino in Cotai to play the tables.They rented a flat near the Barrier Gate checkpoint and went there after gambling. The flat was

January 8, 2019 | BY admin

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Govt mulls pepper spray for PSP officers: Wong

Secretary for Security Wong Sio Chak said yesterday that the government will study the possibility of Public Security Police (PSP) officers on duty in or around local casinos being equipped with pepper spray cans.Wong made the remarks while speaking to reporters after attending a closed-door meeting of the legislature’s 1st Standing Committee, which is reviewing, article-by-article, a government-initiated bill on cybersecurity.Wong’s remarks came after an incident in which a policeman

January 8, 2019 | BY admin

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Mainland woman raped in hotel room: police

A mainland woman was raped in a hotel room in Cotai last Thursday by a male compatriot she had met in Macau and went to gamble with, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Lai Man Vai said yesterday at a regular press conference.Lai said that the victim, a woman in her 30s and the 33-year-old man surnamed Yang met in Macau and went to gamble together. Last Wednesday, the victim and Yeung met for the second time and went to gamble again. The victim booked a hotel room in Cotai in her name and invited

January 8, 2019 | BY admin

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New Liaison Office chief urges Macau to contribute to peaceful reunification

The new director of the Liaison Office of the Central People’s Government in Macau, Fu Ziying, yesterday urged Macau people to continue to contribute to the peaceful development of cross-Strait relations and peaceful reunification of the motherland. Fu made the appeal in a speech during a special gathering of local government officials and community leaders at Macau Tower to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Chinese mainland’s Message to Compatriots in Taiwan. On January 1, 1979,

January 8, 2019 | BY admin

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Man gives illegal money changer 200 fake HK$1,000 notes: police

The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested a man from the mainland in the early hours of Sunday for deceiving a female money changer by giving her 200 fake HK$1,000 notes, PJ spokesman Leng Kam Lon said during a special press conference yesterday.Leng identified the suspect as a 29-year-old surnamed Zhang. The victim, a female mainlander in her thirties, runs an illegal currency exchange business in and around local casinos.According to Leng, the victim met Zhang in a casino in Zape on Saturday. Zhang

January 8, 2019 | BY admin

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Woman sleeping in illegal inn’s kitchen dies of CO poisoning

A woman sleeping in the kitchen of a suspected illegal inn in Nape most probably died of carbon monoxide poisoning yesterday, a Judiciary Police (PJ) statement said.The woman was pronounced dead after being taken to the private Kiang Wu Hospital for emergency treatment, according to the Judiciary Police.The police identified the deceased as a 68-year-old mainlander, surnamed Dong.The statement said that at about 10 a.m. yesterday, the victim’s daughter who was staying in the same illegal inn,

January 7, 2019 | BY admin

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Govt to launch lung cancer screening programme

The government says that it will launch a lung cancer screening programme for local residents later this year.Kuok Cheong U, a deputy director of the Health Bureau (SSM), made the remarks while speaking to reporters in Iao Hon Market Park on Saturday on the sidelines of an event organised by the Macau Association of Friends of Charity – a support group for cancer patients – to promote anti-cancer information.SSM Director Lei Chin Ion told the legislature last month that the government would

January 7, 2019 | BY admin

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Sands clarifies plastic straw ban at ‘self-owned outlets’

Sands China says in clarification of The Macau Post Daily article entitled “Gaming operators reduce plastic footprint, ditching straws”, published on Friday, that it has stopped using single-use plastic only at its “self-owned outlets”, in response to a photo taken on Thursday and published with the article showing a container of plastic straws on a food court counter at Sands Cotai Central.The gaming operator on Wednesday said in a statement that it “has discontinued its use of

January 7, 2019 | BY admin

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Chui briefs top officials on spirit of Xi’s speeches on 40th anniversary of reform, opening up

Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On has called on government officials to abide by the aspirations set out by President Xi Jinping, in order to lead Macau to grasp opportunities that arise from the country’s reform and opening-up policies.According to a statement by the Macau Government Information Bureau (GCS), Chui briefed dozens of senior officials during a so-called sharing session on Friday on Xi’s speeches on last year’s 40th anniversary of the nation’s reform and opening up.

January 7, 2019 | BY admin

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Flat fire probably caused by burning joss papers: firemen

A fire blazed in a residential flat near the Luso-Chinese Professional Technical School in the city’s northern district yesterday afternoon, according to the Fire Services Bureau (CB).Firefighters said they suspected that the fire was caused by burning joss papers, which are ritual offerings to the deceased, spirits and deities.The fire broke out at about 1 p.m. in a flat on the 10th floor of Block 10 of the U Wa residential estate in Rua 1 de Maio, a fire officer told reporters.Firefighters

January 7, 2019 | BY admin

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Security guard dies from heart attack at work: police

A security guard had a heart attack while at work in a car park at a wholesale market in Avenida do Parque Industrial in Ilha Verde district yesterday afternoon, according to a Judiciary Police (PJ) statement yesterday.The statement said that the Judiciary Police received a report at 3:03 p.m. yesterday from the public Conde S. Januário Hospital Centre that a man had died of a heart attack before the body’s arrival at the hospital.At 1:20 p.m. yesterday, the 65-year-old local resident

January 7, 2019 | BY admin

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