The Deputy Superintendent who went missing last week was a witness in the case of the six police officers arrested by the Judiciary Police (PJ) in early January for alleged involvement in an organized crime scheme that enabled mainland Chinese gamblers to illegally enter the territory, a Public Security Police Force (PSP) source told the Times.
The missing officer had worked in the Criminal Intelligence Unit before a recent transfer to another department.
The Director of the Unitary Police Service, Ma Io Kun, highlighted the case during the Macau Police Force’s Open Day event on Sunday at the police headquarters.
According to information from the director, the disappearance of the Deputy Superintendent occurred right after the PJ called him to testify as a witness in a criminal case on which he was working.
Ma stated that the police have already spoken to the officer’s family and have initiated disciplinary procedures, a regulatory measure for officers who take an unjustified absence from duty for more than five consecutive days.
Ma also said on Sunday, “I believe once the case is done, we will be able to understand what happened.”
The police are investigating the officer’s whereabouts.
Police save woman from unusual ‘kidnapping’
The border police saved a woman from two kidnappers en route to mainland China, the Judiciary Police (PJ) said in a press conference held yesterday afternoon at police headquarters.
While visiting a local casino, the victim met two mainland Chinese residents, one aged 33 and the other 35, who offered her HKD50,000 to gamble in exchange for interest. After losing the full amount and being held against her will in a hotel room, the victim was coerced into crossing the border to mainland China alongside the two extortionists, who demanded a ransom for her release.
When crossing the border, the woman alerted the border police who rescued her and, with the help of the PJ, arrested her two captors.
The men have been presented to the Public Prosecutions Office (MP).
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