Briefs | Adjustment of election law seen as censorship

New Macau Association (ANM) delivered a letter to the Legislative Assembly (AL) opposing the government’s latest revision of the city’s AL Election Law, which would bar AL candidates from standing for office if they are found to have violated the territory’s Basic Law, or if their loyalty to the MSAR is considered questionable. ANM considers that the regulation lacks objective standards and could easily be abused. Moreover, ANM states that the regulation will create censorship of political opinions, and that it will let the Electoral Affairs Committee expand its censorship over all voices against the government.

Children report their father for domestic violence

A 14-year-old girl, accompanied by her 11-year-old brother, went to the Judiciary Police (PJ) to report their father for his domestic abuse of their mother. The PJ went on to arrest the 59-year-old local man, surnamed Lau. The couple had been together in mainland China since 2003. Following their marriage, the female victim came to Macau in 2004, but because she was unable to work in Macau legally at that time, Lau was the only source of income in the family. According to the PJ, the victim once denied Lau sex because she was feeling sick. Lau then assumed that his wife was cheating on him and started insulting and beating her frequently, and had continued abusing her since then.