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| Macau police lead suspects away (Macau Daily Times photo) |
Macau police have disclosed the arrest of a female police officer and her boyfriend, for allegedly detaining their foreign domestic helper and tormenting her for hours, forcing her to jump from a bathroom window on April 29.
A report in the Macau Daily Times earlier Friday, July 12, said the 36-year-old policewoman and her 34-year-old boyfriend who works as a tour guide, were being held on charges of unlawful detention, grave coercion and improper confiscation of documents.
Police investigators said the
officer has been suspended from duty and a criminal investigation and disciplinary
procedures have been initiated.
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| PINDUTIN DITO |
The police said the incident which
took place in the Areia Preta area started when the couple suspected that their
helper had stolen MOP60,000 in red packets from them. When the helper returned
home, the two interrogated her from 11pm to 2am the next day.
Under hours of relentless questioning
the helper admitted the alleged theft. The couple then confiscated the helper’s
passport and mobile phone to prevent her from leaving. They also tied up her
hands with transparent tape and resumed their interrogation for three more
hours, demanding she tell them how to solve the issue.
The victim managed to take
refuge in the bathroom where she attempted to cut herself free with scissors
but she was restrained.
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| TAWAG NA! |
At around 8am, the maid once
again fled to the bathroom, locked the door and jumped off the window.
A forensic examination did not
find any signs of assault on the deceased, and the couple told investigators
the maid had jumped to her death after her theft of the $60,000 in lai see
money was uncovered.
But further investigation revealed
what had really taken place before the helper jumped to her death.
The chief investigator said at
a news conference that the hours of interrogation and other means used by the
couple to put pressure on the helper had forced her to commit suicide.
Under Article 238 of Macau’s Criminal Procedure Act, private individuals are prohibited from taking the law into their hands and unlawfully detaining suspects.
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