Man caught for alleged physical assault, property damages
A man has been apprehended for physically assaulting a bus driver and a police officer, as well as damaging a mirror on a radio taxi, the Public Security Police Force (PSP) announced yesterday.
At 6:46 p.m. on Aug. 5, the police were notified of the case that occurred at a bus stop in Fai Chi Kei District. It was first reported to be a conflict between a drunken man and a bus driver.
According to the police, the case concerned a drunken Filipino man, 38, two local bus drivers, a police officer and a local radio taxi driver. The police said an officer was punched in the right eye by the alleged attacker, sent to the hospital and demanded the attacker be prosecuted.
A bus driver told the police that at 6:40 a.m. the alleged attacker slammed the door of his bus. As he yelled to stop the man, he was attacked in his right eye by the man with a slipper. The driver then took a broom from nearby to protect himself, and the drunken man a dustpan – starting a standoff.
The drunken man then approached another bus. According to the driver of this bus, the man started slamming the side mirror of the bus with the dustpan at 6:45 a.m., causing MOP1,200 damage.
The taxi driver told the police that at 6:50 a.m. the same morning, when he passed by the bus stop, the alleged attacker suddenly showed up in front of his car, cracked the front assistive mirror, which cost MOP3,000 to repair, and jumped onto the front seat. This is when the police officer was reportedly attacked by the man, who was then being persuaded by the officer to get out of the taxi.
The drunken man was arrested and charges of aggravated physical assault and property damage were pressed against him. The police added that after he became sober, he said that he did not remember committing any of the assaults or causing damage.
Swindling
In another case, the PSP arrested a mainland couple on swindling allegations on Aug. 6. The police said the couple – a 41-year-old man and a 39-year-old woman – was asking pedestrians for money on and around Rua Central, near Praia Grande.
The couple managed to get MOP100 from a pedestrian. Questioning them, the police learned they would tell pedestrians they had lost all their money to the casino and needed cash to go to the airport. They even promised to add the creditors’ WeChat so that they could repay the debts later. The couple later admitted to scamming people for cash with the story, but on that day, they only managed to get MOP100.
Yesterday, the Judiciary Police (PJ) revealed the existence of 19 scams, taking multiple forms or channels such as credit card, bank account, impersonator calls, sham recruitments and online shopping. Some of the victims had their money directly debited from their bank accounts after being expelled from a current online banking session.
