A 26-year-old Hong Kong man has been transferred to the prosecution authority after deliberately setting two cars on fire, according to the Judiciary Police (PJ).
On Sunday, around midnight, the Hong Kong resident showed up at the Windsor Arch parking lots, where he left burning substances on top of two cars, setting them alight.
Prior to this attempt, the suspect had previously tried to set the cars on fire by pouring flammable liquid onto the vehicles, but he was unsuccessful.
On Sunday, he broke one of the car’s windshields with an object, burned the cars and left the scene.
The suspect’s actions were witnessed by the residence’s security guard, who later extinguished the fire.
This security guard also caught the suspect, although he sustained light injuries during the confrontation. The guard was later sent to the hospital for these injuries.
Damage to the two cars amounted to a total of HKD800,000.
According to the PJ, the two vehicles are owned by the same person.
The suspect was paid HKD20,000, in Hong Kong, to perform the crime in Macau.
The police are still investigating the reasons behind the case.
The PJ also found a video recording on the suspect’s mobile which shows the cars burning.
The police believes the video was filmed by the suspect, who intended to show it to the person who hired him.
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