ANM demands MP action on illegitimate permits

New Macau members file the complaint

The New Macau Association (ANM) yesterday presented a criminal complaint to the Public Prosecutions Office (MP) and requested that the public body investigate individuals who have allegedly obtained Macau identification cards through one-way permits sold by a Hebei official.
According to an ANM statement, the submission of the complaint yesterday was in response to the unearthing of a case in which a Hebei province official, Zhang Yue, allegedly sold “Permits for Proceeding to Hong Kong and Macau,” or one-way permits, for between RMB1.5 million and RMB2 million each.
Those who are granted one-way permits to Hong Kong or Macau may migrate to the territories and are eligible for non-
permanent ID cards in the respective regions.
According to Hong Kong’s Passion Times, China’s Central Commission for Discipline Inspection posted the accusations against Zhang on its website on the weekend, alleging a “serious violation of discipline,” but did not elaborate further.
The same report says that Zhang was permitted to approve a certain number of passports every year via special channels of processing.
ANM claims that one-way permit holders who illegitimately acquired their right to stay in the MSAR now have access to the same benefits as “legitimate” Macau residents. These include access to the cash-handout scheme and, after becoming a permanent resident, a Macau SAR passport that grants its holders greater access to many parts of the world than the Chinese passport.
In light of this, ANM is requesting that the MP launches an investigation into the alleged criminal activities.
“To protect the common interests of legitimate Macau residents and to ensure fairness for all applicants for one-way permits, the New Macau Association hopes that the Public Prosecutions Office will bring Macau ID cardholders connected to the Zhang Yue case to justice,” the association said in a statement. DB