Crime | Robbery strips mainland man of over RMB35,000
A man from the mainland was robbed of over RMB35,000 and his possessions, including a mobile phone, the Judiciary Police (PJ) informed yesterday in a press conference.
The victim, aged 47, is said to have been attacked by other two men around 2 a.m. on September 10 as he was walking by himself around the Centro Internacional de Macau in the Outer Harbor area, according to the PJ spokesperson.
The victim said that both men came from behind and without any warning started to hit him. One of them grabbed him by the neck while the other punched him in the chest.
During the struggle, the man was reportedly stripped of RMB20,000 that was kept in the pockets of his pants, and also had his wallet stolen, which contained another RMB15,000. Afterwards he noticed that his mobile phone was missing but was uncertain if it had been stolen or lost during the fight.
After the assault, the victim told the authorities that the two culprits fled the scene in the direction of Casa Real Hotel.
The PJ currently have no clues as to the thieves’ identities, and are investigating the case.
As for other incidents, the police released information stating two local men have been swindled, and suspect that both crimes were committed by the same person.
Both cases occurred on the same night and using the same method. The first case reportedly happened around 1 a.m. at the Patane area, while the second occurred one and a half hours later near Ponte 16.
The accounts given by both victims (aged 24 and 30) to the PJ correspond to each other. While driving, they each found a man on the road with his both arms up waving and calling for help. When they stopped, the man entered their cars and said that he had lost all his money in the casino and needed help to return to mainland China.
He showed the victims a mobile phone that he claimed to be the latest model of the iPhone 7 and asked the victims to buy it for HKD3,000 so that he could have money to return home. In both cases, the victims accepted and he left with the money.
A closer inspection of the mobile phone revealed it to be a forged product, an imitation of the real product, leading the men to file complaints.
Although the PJ suspects that the same person committed both crimes, they are still not certain on the whereabouts of such a man.
Toilet thief finally caught
The man who stole HKD50,000 in gaming chips from a player in a casino toilet was finally caught after almost two months of investigation, the PJ revealed.
The 49 year-old man from mainland China was caught while trying to exit Macau via the Cotai Border Check- point (Flor de Lotus) on September 10, and then detained by the Public Security Police Force (PSP) who handed him to the PJ.
The case dates back to July 15 when a casino player fainted in a washroom while carrying a total of HKD60,000 in gaming chips. After regaining consciousness, the victim noticed that HKD50,000 had been stolen while he was unconscious and filed a complaint with the PJ. The victim was a 23-year-old man also from the mainland.
After reviewing the casino’s security camera video footage and hearing the testimony of a witness, the PJ managed to identify the suspect and launched a search that has now ended with the culprit being found and taken into custody.
Questioned by the police, the man confessed to the crime and explained his motives, adding that he had already spent the stolen profit at the casino tables.
He was presented yesterday to the Public Prosecutions Office (MP) where he was charged with aggravated theft. RM
