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WYNN ON WINNING NEW GENERATION TRAINS STREAK NEW MACAU TO TOP 400KM/H Courts have handed Steve REFUTES After reducing speeds on the Wynn a string of victories, BRIBERY Beijing-Shanghai line in 2011, dismissing claims by his ex-wife ALLEGATIONS China is set to introduce one of and former business partner the world’s fastest bullet trains P7 P4 P10 TUE.22 Aug 2017 T. 28º/ 36º C H. 60/ 95% facebook.com/mdtimes + 11,000 MOP 7.50 2871 N.º HKD 9.50 FOUNDER & PUBLISHER Kowie Geldenhuys EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Paulo Coutinho www.macaudailytimes.com.mo “ THE TIMES THEY ARE A-CHANGIN’ ” Thief injures policeman in St. Paul’s brawl P2 CRIME WORLD BRIEFS BLOOMBERG AP PHOTO OFF SINGAPORE The USS John S. McCain docks at Singapore’s naval base with “significant damage” to its hull after an early morning collision with an oil tanker as vessels from several nations searched for 10 missing U.S. sailors. More on p13 CHINA Scholars are petitioning Cambridge University Press to restore more than 300 politically sensitive articles removed from its website in China after a request from authorities, underscoring concerns about freedom of speech and the Chinese government’s increasing leverage over academic organizations. More on p11 AP PHOTO KOREAS U.S. and South Korean troops kick off their annual drills that come after President Donald Trump and North Korea exchanged warlike rhetoric in the MACAU COURTS wake of the North’s two intercontinental ballistic missile tests last month. South Korean President Moon Jae-in (pictured, Gaming secrets may be unveiled center) said the drills are “defensive in nature.” in lawsuit against LVS P5 MDT EXCLUSIVE More on backpage 22.08.2017 tue 2 MACAU 澳聞 WWW.MACAUDAILYTIMES.COM.MO Two PSP Renato Marques officers HE police arrested a 20-year- Told man from mainland Chi- Thief caught at tourist arrested for na after a series of tourist robbe- ries in the surrounding area of smuggling the city’s most emblematic tou- site after injuring officer rist landmark, the Ruins of Saint Two police officers have Paul’s, the Public Security Police been arrested for assisting Force (PSP) informed yesterday persons banned from at a press conference. entering Macau with entry The man was initially spotted into the territory. The by officers on patrol in the area MARQUES RENATO implicated officers were on Saturday, when they noticed working for the Public his suspicious behavior. The of- Security Police Force’s ficers recall the suspect carefully immigration department at observing tourists as they moved Cotai’s border checkpoints. The main culprit and in and out of local shops. mastermind is allegedly The PSP officers then decided a 29-year-old officer who to follow him from a distance began serving the city’s and eventually caught him red- police force in 2009, while handed stealing a wallet from a the second officer has tourist who was shopping in one served the PSP since 2011. of the stores. The case was first reported When he noticed that the of- to the Judiciary Police (PJ) ficers were following him, the at the beginning of June, man tried to escape, disposing when the PJ discovered of a bag that he was carrying in yesterday, a woman was the victim smuggling groups entering the attempt. He then resisted the of a violent attempted robbery. Currency exchange scams and leaving Macau from arrest - and consequently injured The incident occurred about Cotai’s border checkpoints. one of the officers - before he was midnight on Sunday at the pe- see more victims The operations lasted a finally detained. destrian bridge that leads to the minimum of eight months, The police found in the suspect’s entrance of The Venetian Macao HE Judiciary Police (PJ) has called the police and stayed insi- with the officers smuggling wallet, among other possessions, resort. The woman recalled si- Tinformed that currency ex- de the hotel room. at least ten people in the equivalent of MOP6,848, de- tting on the stairs speaking to a change scams continue to have Before the police arrived, the and out of Macau. The nominated in three different cur- friend on her mobile phone when a high incidence rate in Macau, suspect called the victim and two officers received rencies (TWD, HKD and RMB). a man passed by and threw a soft with several cases reported over asked to meet him at the hotel between HKD10,000 and Upon searching the bag that drink can at her. the weekend. lobby. The victim sent his friend HKD30,000 each time a the suspect had hastily disposed The victim said she thought the smuggling operation was In one of the highlighted cases who intercepted the suspect and successfully undertaken. of, the police discovered a mobile man was drunk and did nothing presented at the press conferen- held him until the arrival of the phone that the man later admit- besides looking at him. However, ce yesterday, a man from main- police. ted to have stolen from another, the act was merely a distraction land China claimed to have lost In a separate case on August Suspected unidentified victim. to avert her attention while a se- a total of HKD750,000 when on 16, a gambler from the main- A third victim of the same man cond suspect attacked her from August 17 he was approached by land offered to exchange another arson burnt was then confirmed via a com- behind and attempted to steal another man offering to convert mainlander’s RMB52,500 into plaint presented at a police sta- her handbag. the funds into RMB. HKD60,000. The victim then seven tion. The man presenting the Her resistance was met with The 30-year-old suspect, also transferred the money to the motorbikes complaint, who came from Hong a physical assault from the two from mainland China, called suspect’s bank account electroni- Kong, recalled a similar account men, with one kicking her in the the victim and arranged a mee- cally using his mobile phone. to that the officers had observed neck while the other punched her ting in a hotel room he was ren- The suspect said that he did not Early Sunday morning, with the suspect. in the face. a suspected arson attack ting. have in his possession the device occurred at Iao Han Taken into custody, the sus- The assailants eventually ran The victim, accompanied by needed to transfer the HKD and district, resulting in seven pected admitted to all the three off - without her bag in their pos- some of his friends, went to the asked the victim to wait for him burnt motorbikes. Parts of thefts and was present yesterday session - after the victim started venue to meet the suspect. While while he retrieved it. a van parked near to the at the Public Prosecutions Office to call for help. She required and they were waiting for the exchan- Upon the suspect’s disappea- motorbikes, the outdoor (MP), where he was charged for received treatment at the hospi- ge, the suspect suddenly put the rance, the victim filed a com- unit of an air conditioner, the crimes of theft and resisting tal for her injuries. cash in the room’s safe box and plaint with the PJ. The next day and a nearby shop’s gate arrest. The PJ is still investigating the left. the suspect was intercepted whi- were also burnt, along In an unrelated case also reported case. Suspecting a scam, the victim le trying to leave the territory. with two bunk beds and some belongings in a flat on the second floor of a ting 14 to 40 hours after sought medical attention nearby building. The Fire their lunch buffet in a in Hong Kong and requi- Service is treating the HK tourists contract food restaurant in a hotel in red no hospitalization. All fire as suspicious and has Macau on August 13.” are in a stable condition. forwarded the case to the The alleged food poiso- “Investigations are Judiciary Police, stating poisoning at Galaxy that they suspect someone ning symptoms were de- ongoing. We are main- was responsible for the tected after the group of taining close liaisons incident. Rates of arson HE Centre for Heal- A statement released to prevent food-borne di- people dined at Festiva, with the travel agent con- dramatically increased Tth Protection (CHP) by CHP says that the seases.” at Galaxy Macau. cerned and have infor- last year, with the number of the Department of bureau is “investigating “The outbreak affected The stool specimen of med the health authority of cases in the 12-month Health of Hong Kong re- a suspected outbreak of six members of the tour one patient tested posi- of Macau for follow-up,” period ending May 2017 ported six cases of food food poisoning in a tour group, comprising two tive for vibrio phrahae- stated CHP. 150 percent higher than in poisoning in Hong Kong group and hence urged men and four women molyticus, a type of bac- According to a report the previous period ending residents., thought to be the public to maintain aged from 44 to 80, who teria that causes gastro- by HK01, there were be- May 2016. linked to Festiva restau- good personal, food and developed abdominal intestinal illness. tween 160 and 170 people rant at Galaxy Macau. environmental hygiene pain, diarrhea and vomi- Three of the afflicted in the tour group. www.macaudailytimes.com.mo DIRECTOR AND EDITOR-IN-CHIEF_Paulo Coutinho [email protected] A MACAU TIMES PUBLICATIONS LTD PUBLICATION MANAGING EDITOR_Paulo Barbosa [email protected] CONTRIBUTING EDITORS_Eric Sautedé, Leanda Lee, Severo Portela ADMINISTRATOR AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER + 4 Million page views Kowie Geldenhuys [email protected] NEWSROOM AND CONTRIBUTORS_Albano Martins, Annabel Jackson, Daniel Beitler, Emilie Tran, Grace Yu, SECRETARY Juliana Cheang [email protected] PER MONTH Ivo Carneiro de Sousa, Jacky I.F.