FOUNDER & PUBLISHER Kowie Geldenhuys EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Paulo Coutinho www.macaudailytimes.com.mo TUESDAY T. 26º/ 32º Air Quality Good MOP 8.00 3372 “ THE TIMES THEY ARE A-CHANGIN’ ” N.º 10 Sep 2019 HKD 10.00 SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS TOOK THE GOV’T CONFIRMS: PLASTIC ENROLLMENT OF LOCAL CREDIT FOR FOILING FOUR CAR CRASH STUDENTS AT MACAU’S LIARS WHO PRETENDED A PASSENGER BAGS TO BE CHARGED AT UNIVERSITIES HAS DROPPED WAS BEHIND THE WHEEL ONE PATACA EACH 30% IN THE PAST SIX YEARS P2 P3 P3 Taiwan and the Solomon Islands put on a display of friendship yesterday, pledging to deepen ties, even as rumors persist the Pacific nation is close to severing relations in favor of China. More on p11 HEADWINDSLIONEL LEONG IS WARNING OF A WEAK QUARTER ON AHEAD POOR GAMING DATA P6 AP PHOTO AP PHOTO Philippines Five people were honored yesterday as this year’s winners of the Ramon Magsaysay Awards, regarded as Asia’s version of the Nobel Prize, including a South Korean who helped fight suicide and bullying and a Thai housewife who became a human rights defender after losing her husband to violence in southern Thailand. Vietnam is at risk of a 500,000 ton shortage of the meat most of its citizens rely on for daily protein between now and the Lunar New Year in January as African swine fever ravages the nation’s hog herd, according to Ipsos Business Consulting. North Korea State media urged citizens yesterday to “fully mobilize” to rebuild after powerful Typhoon Lingling lashed the country over the weekend, with workers rebuilding electricity networks, salvaging battered crops and helping families whose homes and property were damaged. Australia A key unaligned senator, Sen. Jacqui Lambie, said yesterday she will support laws that would force Australia’s jobless to undergo drug tests in return for welfare checks if lawmakers were screened as well. AP PHOTO Afghanistan Afghans braced for a possible new wave of Taliban violence yesterday after President Donald Trump abruptly called off talks with the insurgent group, which vows to continue its fight against what it calls “foreign occupation.” Thousands link arms in HK chain Alibaba’s next chief talks strategy More on backpage P8 P10 page 2 www.macaudailytimes.com.mo MACAU 澳聞 10.09.2019 tue MACAU’S LEADING NEWSPAPER RENATO MARQUES RENATO jo-kosai, the practice of “com- CRIME pensated dating,” whereby you- ng women in parts of Asia pro- vide companionship or sex to Police catch illegal driver men in exchange for money or luxuries. The case was reported to the police on September 7. using surveillance cameras The male victim, a 24-year- ANTHONY LAM A statement given to the police was nowhere to be found. ted searching through it. The vic- -old Macau resident, met a girl indicated that the four were en- The victim inquired with the tim immediately approached and over a social media platform on HE Public Security Police joying the nightlife until around 5 cabin crew, who told the victim confronted Zhang. September 4. The girl chatted TForce (PSP) confirmed the a.m. yesterday. Then they decided that a Chinese-looking man was Zhang claimed he was in sear- with him using Chinese pinyin occurrence of a serious car ac- to have breakfast in Coloane and seen taking out and searching ch of a newspaper that he spotted (transliteration). cident involving four people in drove there. through his bag. Afterwards, the in the compartment. He intended The girl disclosed to the their twenties, one of whom was It was not clear whether Chui bag was placed back into the to reach for it but as he could not, victim that she was willing to severely injured, in Coloane early started driving from their starting compartment. he thought it was under the vic- provide a compensated dating yesterday morning. point in NAPE or if she took the The victim confronted the sus- tim’s bag. service, which would include The police added that a pas- wheel at some point during the pect, who denied the accusation The police conducted a search dinners, watching movies and senger, surnamed Leong, who journey, but the police were told and claimed the bag was taken on the suspect and found various massages. She put a price tag of turned out to be the owner of the that she had expressed an interest out by mistake. Nonetheless, the currencies, namely Hong Kong MOP500 per occasion. car, claimed to be driving at the in driving the car. The car crashed victim discovered a white airsi- dollar, Chinese renminbi, Malay- They then agreed to meet time of the accident. This state- on Estrada de Cheoc Van. ckness bag under the seat of the sian ringgit, U.S. dollar, Singapo- at Fai Chi Kei. At the supposed ment was found to be untruthful suspect. re dollar, Philippine peso, Swiss meeting time, the girl told the with the assistance of surveillance MIND BELONGINGS In the bag, there was a total of franc and euros. The police say man that the “service fee” shou- camera footage. WHEN FLYING, SAYS POLICE HKD10,000, RMB1,100, MYR1,500 that they suspect all of the cash ld be paid in the form of gaming The other three people invol- A total of three cases of aircra- and USD115. As the victim recog- was stolen. cards. She instructed the man ved in the accident are all female, ft theft were reported to both the nized the sums of cash, he reques- The suspect has been passed to to buy gaming cards that were surnamed Chui, Choi and Lam. Judiciary Police (PJ) and the PSP, ted police investigation. Under in- the Public Prosecutions Office un- worth MOP8,000 as a first ins- Chui was driving the car at the according to information released vestigation, the suspect confessed der the charge of aggravated theft. tallment. time of the accident. during a press conference yester- and was charged with aggravated In the final case reported yes- Later on, the man was ins- According to the PSP, Leong day. Suspects were caught on the theft. terday, the suspect is still on the tructed to buy cards worth was in a sleeveless shirt at the sce- scene in two of the cases, while Another case on a flight en rou- run. MOP14,000. The girl explained ne, while the footage showed that the other suspect is on the run. te to Macau from Beijing, occur- The male victim, who claims a that this was to ensure he was the actual driver was not. Chui In the case uncovered on Sep- red on September 8 and involved loss of HKD7,000, is a tourist from not an undercover police offi- was driving illegally as she was tember 3, the suspect is surnamed a suspect from the mainland, sur- mainland China. Like the previous cer. doing so without a license, the po- Chen and from the mainland. At named Zhang. two victims, he put his bag, along Later, he was told to buy lice said. 11 a.m. on that day, a report was As in the previous case, the with his wallet, in the overhead MOP23,000 worth of cards to Alcohol was found in Lam but received from the flight deck of a victim’s bag was placed in the compartment upon boarding the become a “VIP member”, which not the other three. While Lam plane flying in from Krong Preah overhead compartment. His plane. He discovered that his mo- would unlock a series of perks was not driving or involved in the Sihanouk, Cambodia. A passen- wallet, with HKD1,100 and ney went missing when he arrived for him. He followed the girl’s obstruction of justice, she was ger’s cash was reportedly stolen USD400, was in the bag. at a hotel in Cotai, and reported instructions again. severely injured. As of yesterday during the flight. He noticed Zhang was sitting the case to the police. Unlike in some other recent afternoon, both she and Leong The victim told the police that behind him when he visited the cases, in which third party males were still under medical care at while moving to the washroom washroom. As he was just ente- MOP45K LOST IN UNSEEN acted as middlemen, the victim the Conde São Januário Hospital. during the flight, he realized the ring the washroom, he noticed GIRLFRIEND SCAM was in communication with the The accident happened after money in his bag, which was put that Zhang had taken out his bag A man was scammed out of a girl during the entire period and a night out in the NAPE district. in the overhead compartment, from the compartment and star- sum MOP45,000 in search of en- presumably scammed by her. www.macaudailytimes.com.mo EDITOR-IN-CHIEF (DIRECTOR)_Paulo Coutinho [email protected] A MACAU TIMES PUBLICATIONS LTD PUBLICATION MANAGING EDITOR_Daniel Beitler [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, Anthony Lam, Emilie Tran, Irene Sam, OFFICE MANAGER Juliana Cheang [email protected] PER MONTH Ivo Carneiro de Sousa, Jacky I.F. 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