The Macao
police have launched a major anti-crime swoop over the weekend and
netted 97 suspects for questioning, local media reported on
Monday.
The Macao Post Daily quoted police sources as saying
that the police forces raided a number of night clubs, casinos,
video game centers, hotels and guesthouses late on Sunday.
Some 190 people were questioned "on the spot," including 126
from the Chinese mainland, the sources told the newspaper.
The police took in 97 for identification purpose and further
investigations, the sources were cited.
The swoop was believed to be "a clean-up" operation ahead of an
annual joint working meeting between the security forces of Macao
and the neighboring mainland province of
Guangdong, which was slated to be held in Macao from Wednesday
to Friday.
(Xinhua News Agency March 20, 2006)
