Briefs | Momota and Yanyan win badminton singles

Japan’s Kento Momota won the 2017 Macau Open men’s singles title at the Tap Seac Multisport Pavilion yesterday, defeating Ihsan Maulana Mustofa of Indonesia. The unseeded Momota took 41 minutes to beat 14th-seeded Mustofa 21-16, 21-10.  Momota currently stands at number 74 in the Badminton World Federation rankings.  Yesterday’s Open was the first time the two players had faced off in Macau, with Momota now leading the head-to-head 2-0 after defeating Mustofa at last year’s Hyderabad Badminton Asia Team Championships. In the women’s singles final, which featured two first-timers in the competition, China’s Cai Yanyan won over Taipei’s Pai Yu Po 21-15, 17-21, 21-16 after over an hour on the court. The women’s doubles competition was won by China’s Yaqiong Huang and Xiaohan Yu, while the men’s doubles was won by Indonesia’s Pangkaryanira and Santoso. The mixed doubles tournament was won by the Chinese pair Yaqiong Huang and Siwei Zheng.

Chau Wai Kuong to retire in December

The director of the Judiciary Police (PJ), Chau Wai Kuong, announced last week that he will retire in December, by which time he will have served society for 41 years. The outgoing PJ Director said that he has no regrets about his work. Regarding whether he had recommended a successor, Chau claimed to have left that decision to his superior. Chau joined the Public Security Police Force in 1984 and started serving on the Judiciary Police in 1988. He was appointed as the Deputy Director of PJ in 2010 and subsequently Director of PJ in 2014. 

Court rejects police officer’s appeal to resume job

A former chief police officer of the Judiciary Police (PJ) appealed to the Court of Final Appeal to get his job back after being fired by the PJ in July. The officer was terminated after PJ discovered he had defrauded 320 mainlanders who thought he could get them a job in Macau.  In total, the former police officer obtained 1.5 million RMB from the victims. The former officer stated that he needed the job back because four people, including his children and both parents, depend on him financially.