Customs officer on sick leave drives taxi for 4 years: official

An officer of the Macau Customs Service on sick leave was found to have moonlighted as a taxi driver for four years, the website of the Secretariat for Security (GSS) said yesterday.According to a statement on the GSS website, the Commission Against Corruption (CCAC) recently informed the Customs Service that the officer had been driving a taxi while on sick leave since March 2014. The statement said information provided by the Customs Service showed that the officer was on sick leave for most

May 17, 2018 | BY admin

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Police conduct murder investigation drill

The Judiciary Police (PJ) said in a statement yesterday that in order to enhance the coordination capabilities between its various units in the areas of criminal investigation and forensics, their officers conducted a murder investigation exercise.The exercise took place on an idle construction site in the land reclamation area known as Zone B off Nape.According to the statement, upon receiving a report of a suspected murder case, the Judiciary Police dispatched its officers to the scene and

May 17, 2018 | BY admin

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Asia motorbike chief gives Guia Circuit thumbs up: Pun

The head of the International Motorcycling Federation Asia (FIM Asia) gave a “very positive feedback” after inspecting the city’s Guia Circuit early this year, describing it as a “good street circuit”, Pun Weng Kun, president of the Sports Bureau and coordinator of the Macau Grand Prix Organising Committee, said yesterday.Pun made the remarks when he was asked by a reporter about possible safety concerns over the Guia Circuit, on the sidelines of a press conference about the 65th

May 17, 2018 | BY admin

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Cabbie nabbed for blackmailing & abducting passenger: police

A rogue taxi driver, who refused to let a female passenger get out of his cab as he “wasn’t paid the fare he expected”, was arrested by the police yesterday.The announcement was made during a joint special press conference yesterday by the Public Security Police (PSP) and Judiciary Police (PJ) at the PJ headquarters in Zape.PJ spokesman Lai Man Vai identified the suspect as a 26-year-old local man surnamed Ng, who has been a taxi driver for two years. He said that the victim is a

May 16, 2018 | BY admin

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6 nabbed for running fake base stations: police

In two separate cases, the Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested one female and four male mainlanders for operating nine fake base stations in a flat in Nam Van, as well as a local man for running another seven fake base stations in a flat in Zape, PJ spokesman Lai Man Vai said during a special outdoor press conference in Nam Van last night.A fake base station is telecom equipment which sends out a signal, disconnecting mobile phone users in an area from their legitimate base stations and who then

May 16, 2018 | BY admin

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Lawrence Ho eyes June 15 opening for Morpheus without junkets

The US$1.1 billion hotel Morpheus at the City of Dreams (COD) complex in Cotai is targeted to open on June 15 with a casino floor to tap the premium mass market as there won’t be junket operators to bring in high-rollers, Melco Resorts & Entertainment Chairman and CEO Lawrence Ho Yau-lung said yesterday.Ho made the announcement during a press conference at Grand Hyatt at City of Dreams, prior to a media tour of Morpheus, which was designed by award-winning British architect Zaha Hadid,

May 16, 2018 | BY admin

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Prosecutor demands jail for lawmaker, fellow activist for disobedience

The prosecution demanded yesterday that prison terms be imposed on suspended directly-elected lawmaker Sulu Sou Ka Hou and fellow non-establishment activist Scott Chiang Meng Hin for alleged aggravated disobedience, during the summing-up of the two-day hearing of the duo’s trial at the Court of First Instance (TJB).Sou and Chiang stand accused of aggravated disobedience in the wake of a demonstration on May 15, 2016 against the public Macau Foundation’s controversial decision to donate 100

May 16, 2018 | BY admin

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Police nab 8 loan sharks

The Judiciary Police (PJ) arrested 8 men and women from the mainland on Monday for alleged membership of a loan-sharking gang which for six months had offered casino patrons usurious gambling loans.PJ spokesman Lai Man Vai announced details of the case during a special press conference yesterday at the PJ headquarters in Zape. According to Lai, the five male and three female suspects are aged between 23 and 43. Five of them are from Jiangxi province, one from Hunan province, one from Sichuan

May 16, 2018 | BY admin

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Customs busts 7 IIs, 3 ‘snakeheads’

The Macau Customs Service said in a statement yesterday that its officers busted two illegal immigration cases earlier this week.In the early hours of Monday, a resident saw a suspicious boat in the waters outside the oil depot at Ka Ho on the north-eastern shore of Coloane and suspected that the vessel was transporting illegal immigrants (IIs). The resident tipped off the Customs Service, the statement said.A Customs Service speedboat was deployed to intercept the vessel and the seven people

May 16, 2018 | BY admin

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Tam vows ‘zero tolerance’ for child abuse

Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Alexis Tam Chon Weng said yesterday he had “zero tolerance” for sexual abuse of children as well as domestic violence against children, adding that “there shouldn’t even be one case”.Tam made the remarks while speaking to reporters after a regular meeting of the government-appointed Women and Children Affairs Committee at the Education and Youth Affairs Bureau (DSEJ).He said that the government was “angry” and “condemns” the alleged

May 15, 2018 | BY admin

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Suspended lawmaker, fellow activist reject disobedience charge

Suspended directly-elected lawmaker Sulu Sou Ka Hou and fellow non-establishment activist Scott Chiang Meng Hin rejected their alleged aggravated disobedience charges during the first hearing of their trial at the Court of First Instance (TJB) yesterday.Sou and Chiang stand accused of aggravated disobedience in the wake of a demonstration on May 15, 2016 against the public Macau Foundation’s controversial decision to donate 100 million yuan (122 million patacas) to Jinan University in

May 15, 2018 | BY admin

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4 gaming firms extend maternity & paternity leave

Four of Macau’s six gaming operators announced yesterday in separate statements increased paid maternity and paternity leave for their employees.SJM said that that it “puts employees first and is dedicated to enhancing the welfare benefits of its staff members,” adding paid maternity leave will be increased from 56 days to 70 days, while paid paternity leave will be increased from 3 days to 5 days.The SJM statement pointed out that its measure results from “the report on the

May 15, 2018 | BY admin

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4 bus pickpockets nabbed by police

Four male mainlanders were arrested over the weekend at the Barrier Gate checkpoint for a pickpocketing spree on public buses since the middle of last month, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Lai Man Vai said during a special press conference at the PJ headquarters in Zape yesterday.According to Lai, the four suspects, aged between 33 and 41, are all from the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. Two of them are peasants and one is a labourer while the fourth suspect claimed to be unemployed.Lai said

May 15, 2018 | BY admin

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Police probe suspected arson in residential unit

The Judiciary Police (PJ) said in a statement that they are investigating a suspected arson case in a residential unit in Fai Chi Kei yesterday morning.According to the statement, several residents in a high-rise in Rua da Bacia Sul saw a man, who appeared to be drunk, lying on the floor of a smoke-filled corridor outside a flat at 7:30 a.m. and called the Fire Services Bureau (CB).Firefighters rushed to the scene where the man told them that his family members were in the flat where the smoke

May 15, 2018 | BY admin

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