Police nab 4 Mongolian men for theft

In two separate cases, four men from Mongolia were arrested for theft, one for stealing a shoulder bag containing 130,000 patacas, and three for stealing a mobile phone worth 6,000 yuan, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Ho Chan Nam and Public Security Police (PSP) spokeswoman Lai In Hong announced during a regular press conference on Wednesday.According to Ho, the Public Security Police (PSP) referred a suspected theft case to the Judiciary Police on January 23 in which someone had stolen a

May 5, 2023 | BY Yuki Lei

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Fuel distribution depot project on HZMB man-made island to start

The government has commissioned a contractor to build a fuel distribution depot on the east waterfront of the man-made island where the Macau border checkpoint of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge (HZMB) is located, the Public Works Bureau (DSOP) announced on its website on Wednesday.The project will enable the current fuel distribution depot in Ilha Verde (Green Island), which is operating on a temporary basis, to relocate to the HZMB man-made island.The temporary fuel distribution depot in

May 5, 2023 | BY Tony Wong

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Police probe suspected homicide in Cotai hotel

The Judiciary Police (PJ) are investigating the suspected homicide of a man whose body was found in a guestroom of a hotel in Cotai yesterday, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Ho Chan Nam said in a message.At around 17:42 p.m. yesterday, the statement said, the Judiciary Police received a call from the Fire Services Bureau (SB) informing them that a male body had been found in a hotel guestroom in Cotai.After a preliminary examination of the body, the statement said, PJ officers found

May 5, 2023 | BY Ginnie Liang

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Local airport logs over 65K passengers during May Day holiday

The Macau International Airport (MIA) said in a statement yesterday that its traffic volume was around 65,888 passengers and 572 aircraft movements throughout the Labour Day holiday, which began last Saturday and ended on Wednesday.The statement noted that, on average, the airport handled around 114 flights and 13,178 passengers per day during the five-day holiday period. Compared to the traffic statistics for the May Day Holiday in 2019, the statement pointed out that aircraft movements have

May 5, 2023 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Rabble rouser NATO out to turn Asia-Pacific into new battlefield

China Daily Editorial        In a troubling sign that it is extending its reach to the Asia-Pacific region, the US-led NATO is reportedly planning to open a liaison office in Japan, the first of its kind in Asia, as part of its strategy to deal with the perceived geopolitical challenges posed by China to the transatlantic military alliance.The proposed office, due to open next year in Tokyo, will facilitate discussions with NATO’s security partners in the region such as

May 5, 2023 | BY admin

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LRT daily passenger average rises to 6,500 last month

The daily average number of Light Rail Transit (LRT) passengers last month increased to 6,500, the government-owned LRT operator, Macau Light Rapid Transit Corporation Limited (MLM), announced on its website on Monday.This came after an average of 3,550 LRT passengers per day was recorded in January, and 4,750 in both February and March.Currently, the LRT only operates on the 9.3-kilometre-long Taipa section which includes Cotai. The Taipa-Cotai section, which started operating on December 10,

May 4, 2023 | BY Tony Wong

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Macau logs daily average of 98,393 May Day holiday visitors

Macau recorded a total of 491,968 visitor arrivals during the mainland’s five-day Labour Day Golden Week period, which started on Saturday and ended yesterday, or a daily average of 98,393, according to immigration statistics released by the Public Security Police (PSP) in the early hours of today.According to PSP data released previously, the daily number of visitor arrivals on the five days stood at 109,196, 133,911, 110,823, 84,740, and 53,298 respectively.The holiday ended last night.In

May 4, 2023 | BY Tony Wong

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Macau Grand Prix family carnival takes place this weekend

The 70th Macau Grand Prix - Family Carnival is slated to take place this weekend at the Coloane Karting Track, according to a statement from the Sports Bureau (ID) yesterday.Originally, the carnival had been slated to take place last weekend, but was postponed due to “foreseeable unstable weather”.The statement noted that this weekend’s event marks the first time that it will take place at the karting track, a training base for motorsport in Macau. It will feature a karting experience

May 4, 2023 | BY Rui Pastorin

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Prosecution’s driver makes ‘inappropriate gestures’ while on duty

The Public Prosecutions Office (MP) confirmed in a statement yesterday that a driver of one of its official cars was suspected of having violated driving rules while working and making inappropriate gestures at another driver, after the incident was filmed and posted on a social platform.The statement acknowledged that the vehicle belongs to the Public Prosecutions Office.The video recording the incident has meanwhile been removed from social media and cannot be found now. The case has been

May 4, 2023 | BY Ginnie Liang

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2 nabbed for theft-by-finding: police

In two separate cases, a local man in his twenties and a Filipino non-resident worker (NRW) in his forties were arrested last week for stealing a mobile phone worth 9,000 patacas and 3,000 patacas in cash respectively, Public Security Police (PSP) spokeswoman Lai In Hong said during a regular press conference yesterday.According to Lai, the Public Security Police received a report from a man on March 29 who suspected that someone had stolen his mobile phone which fell from his trouser

May 4, 2023 | BY Yuki Lei

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Police nab 2 locals for drunk-driving, drunk-riding

Two local men were arrested on Thursday and Friday for drunk-driving and drunk-riding respectively, Public Security Police (PSP) spokeswoman Lai In Hong said during a regular press conference yesterday.According to Lai, the Public Security Police received a report at 3 p.m. on Friday of a traffic accident involving a bicycle and a motorcycle at the junction of Rua Seis do Bairro Iao Hon and Rua Oito do Bairro Iao Hon, so PSP officers were dispatched to the scene, where they found the cyclist in

May 4, 2023 | BY Yuki Lei

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Duo use practice banknotes to cheat victims: police

An illegal currency exchange dealer was arrested on Saturday for cheating a male gambler out of 455,000 yuan at a hotel lobby in Cotai with practice banknotes, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Ho Chan Nam said during a regular press conference yesterday, adding that based on his confession, PJ officers arrested his accomplice when he was entering Macau via the Barrier Gate checkpoint on Sunday.According to Wikipedia, a practice banknote is generally similar in size, shape and colour to

May 4, 2023 | BY Yuki Lei

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Police meet with gaming reps about strengthening security after brawl

The Judiciary Police (PJ), together with the Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau (DICJ), held a meeting yesterday with representatives of the city’s six gaming concessionaires to improve the internal and external security of their casinos, so as to improve the protection of residents and visitors’ property and personal safety, according to a PJ statement yesterday.Eight male and female mainlanders were arrested on Monday for a free-for-all in a casino in Cotai. Reportedly, five more

May 4, 2023 | BY Ginnie Liang

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Police probe suspected child abuse at creche: IAS department chief

Responding to media queries after a parent posted on a social platform that she suspected her child had been abused in a local nursery, the Social Welfare Bureau’s (IAS) Social Solidarity Department Chief Choi Sio Un said yesterday that as the police were in the midst of an investigation, his bureau would not make any comment at this stage pending the results of the investigation.Choi made the remarks after attending a regular closed-door meeting of the government-appointed Central District

May 4, 2023 | BY Yuki Lei

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