Jason Chao named as suspect in PJ logo case

Political activist Jason Chao has been declared a suspect in the alleged illegal use of the Judiciary Police’s logo, which was published by satirical publication Macau Concealers.
Chao, one of the activists in charge of the publication, was retained by police officers at the Macau Ferry Terminal when he was returning from Hong Kong on Sunday. After waiting for about two hours, he was told to appear at the PJ headquarters yesterday, where he was interrogated for three hours, according to a TDM News report.
On Saturday, police authorities had taken into custody two members of Macau Concealers, Roy Choi and Leung Ka Wai, over the illegal use of a PJ emblem. The accusation followed a Facebook post by Macau Concealers, in which an image of a suspected staff permit card with the PJ symbol was placed in front of the civil referendum webpage.
They were taken to the PJ headquarters, where they remained overnight. They were referred to the Public Prosecutions Office (MP) and appeared before a judge, who imposed restrictive measures on both.
Jason Chao announced yesterday on his Facebook page that he was a named suspect.
The political activist is also facing aggravated disobedience charges on the unofficial referendum case, as authorities accused him of not complying with an order issued by the Office for Personal Data Protection, which requested that organizers stop collecting and processing residents’ data.
A spokesperson from the PJ refused to comment on the Macau Concealers case yesterday, stating that it had been referred to the MP. “It is inappropriate to discuss the case’s information openly. For criminal offenses, we proceed according to the law. All our criminal cases are executed under the supervision of legal departments,” he said. CP