CRIME | Man blackmailed repeatedly over naked chat

A 27-year-old male resident of Macau was revealed as the victim of an extortion scheme that took place over the Internet. According to the information released yesterday during a police press conference, the man met a woman on January 12 over the social network website Facebook and they subsequently started a conversation.
Two days later, the woman suggested that the conversation should move to a Skype video call. The man told the Judiciary Police (PJ) that she fully undressed on the video call and urged him to do the same.
Following a 10-minute “nude” conversation the man received a message with photos of him posing naked during the call. The woman was reportedly demanding the amount of MOP5,000 in return for deleting the photographs, otherwise she would reveal them to public.
The man promptly paid but that was not enough as a few hours after another message followed demanding an additional MOP3,000, this time, to delete all of the distasteful images captured. Once more the victim complied with the demand.
A third message arrived, this time requesting MOP10,000. Without the financial means to comply with the request, the victim finally filed a complaint and sought help from the authorities. The whereabouts and identity of the woman are not yet known.
In a separate case, two Vietnamese nationals were involved on Sunday in a “knife’s fight” over a domestic dispute, the Public Security Police Force (PSP) informed reporters at a press conference.
The women, both in their 40s and living in a shared apartment in Macau’s northern district, erupted into an argument after a misunderstanding over some shopping items that one of them had bought minutes before.
The argument became heated leading one of the women to fetch two kitchen knives with blades of around 18 centimeters long. One knife was thrown at the other woman piercing one of her legs, while the second was waved in front of her face, eventually striking her on the forehead.
The victim was able to escape the apartment with the help of a friend who had witnessed the events. A police officer patrolling the street was alerted and was able to administer help to the injured woman.
The victim was subsequently transported to Macau’s public hospital where her injuries, described as non-life-threatening, were treated.
The attacker was taken in custody by the police to be identified. She presented herself to the public prosecutor’s office yesterday morning.

smoking inspectors attacked

The Health Bureau has announced that two of their on-duty officers were attacked last Saturday in a restaurant, after asking a smoker to present his ID. The attacker, allegedly the smoker’s companion, is currently under arrest after encouraging the smoker to ignore the officer’s instructions. Moreover, he continued to insult and physically assault the inspector. The man who was caught smoking inside the restaurant escaped during the brawl.