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2 months ago | 
macaupostdaily.com | William Chan
A local man has been arrested for smuggling cannabis from Bangkok to Macau hidden in three pairs of sneakers, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Chong Kam Leong said during a special press conference yesterday. The 49-year-old suspect, surnamed Pinho, works as a clerk. Chong did not reveal Pinho’s nationality. According to Chong, PJ officers observed Pinho behaving suspiciously after he arrived at the local airport and intercepted him for a routine luggage check at 6:40 p.m. on Saturday.
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2 months ago | 
macaupostdaily.com | William Chan
Two male university students, from Hong Kong and the mainland, have separately been defrauded out of HK$155,000 and HK$580,000 in fake police scams, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Chong Kam Leong said yesterday during a regular press conference. In the first case, the Hong Kong victim received a phone call earlier this month from someone claiming to be a mainland police officer.
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Jan 22, 2025 | 
macaupostdaily.com | William Chan
The Public Security Police (PSP) announced yesterday that they expect the city to record between 630,000 to 670,000 daily entries and exits at its border checkpoints during the upcoming Chinese New Year (CNY) holiday period, or 3 percent more than last year. The mainland’s 8-day holiday, known as the Spring Festival Golden Week, will take place from next Tuesday, to February 4. The Year of the Snake begins on Wednesday, January 29.
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Jan 22, 2025 | 
macaupostdaily.com | William Chan
The Judiciary Police (PJ) announced yesterday three more “guess who I am” phone scams, in which a Hong Kong man and a mainland man purporting to be the victims’ “grandsons” separately cheated three local elderly women out of a total of 169,000 patacas, PJ spokesman Chao Teng Hin said in a regular press conference yesterday. The three victims, two females and one male, reported to the police in the past week their separate losses of 15,000 patacas, 100,000 and 54,000 patacas respectively.
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Jan 21, 2025 | 
macaupostdaily.com | William Chan
Three Hong Kong men and a Hong Kong woman were instructed by a “guess who I am” telecom fraud gang to come to Macau to pick up cash from elderly victims, Judiciary Police (PJ) investigator Lei Chi Wai said at a special press conference yesterday.
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Jan 21, 2025 | 
macaupostdaily.com | William Chan
Local band Window Cleaning Service hosted a Video Game & Anime Music Concert at Sifang Art Space on Saturday night, comprising six young local musicians under the age of 18, all from Macau Anglican College (MAC). The Post published an interview with the band last Wednesday. *The show attracted over 70 attendees, featuring a range of video game and anime music including Mario Kart 8 main theme, Cruel Angel’s Thesis from Evangelion and Merry Go Round of Life from Howls Moving Castle.
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Jan 21, 2025 | 
macaupostdaily.com | William Chan
The nation’s top pianist Lang Lang performed with the Macao Orchestra (OM) under the baton of its principal conductor Lio Kuok Man at the Galaxy International Convention Centre on Sunday. The show attracted a full house. The show commenced with Dmitri Shostakovich’s Festive Overture, after which Lang Lang took centre stage to perform Frédéric Chopin’s 12 Mazurkas, a collection of piano works that capture the spirit of Polish folk music and dance.
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Jan 20, 2025 | 
macaupostdaily.com | William Chan
Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Chao Teng Hin said in a regular press conference yesterday that the local owners of a retail shop and a hardware store have separately been defrauded by scammers claiming to be “school teachers”. According to Chao, the owners received a call last week from someone claiming to be a “teacher” from a local school.
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Jan 20, 2025 | 
macaupostdaily.com | William Chan
Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Chao Teng Hin said in a regular press conference yesterday that 17 people have fallen victim to concert ticket scams in the past week. The victims, comprising two males and 15 females, include four local residents and 13 mainland Chinese, 14 of them under the age of 30. According to Chao, the fraudsters offered concert tickets to the victims on social media, with some even pretending to be staff members of the events to make the victims trust them.
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Jan 15, 2025 | 
macaupostdaily.com | William Chan
Six locals and a woman from the mainland have been arrested for assisting a “guess who I am” fraud gang to launder money, Long Hon Wai, who heads the Judiciary Police (PJ) IT Crimes Division, said in a special press conference yesterday. According to Long, the police received reports from three local residents in recent months, who fell victim to the “guess who I am” scam, collectively losing over 100,000 patacas.
