Secretary for Security Wong Sio Chak was “deeply shocked” by an incident in which a man from the mainland managed to illegally cross the Macau side of the Cotai-Hengqin without going through immigration procedures late last month, the Secretariat for Security has said in a statement.

The policy secretary said the incident reflected serious security “loopholes” at the city’s border checkpoints, as well as “insufficient” communication between local and mainland border protection officers, according to the statement on Friday.

Wong also urged the Macau Customs Service and Public Security Police (PSP) to carry out separate investigations into the incident, to take measures to rectify security “loopholes” and border inspection procedures, and to strengthen communication with their mainland counterparts, with the aim of preventing similar incidents from happening again, the statement said.

This undated handout photo jointly released by the Macau Customs Service and Public Security Police (PSP) on Friday shows a recently installed spike strip on a vehicle lane at the Lotus Flower Bridge checkpoint.

This undated handout photo jointly released by the Macau Customs Service and Public Security Police (PSP) on Friday shows enhanced facilities for security and border checks at the Lotus Flower Bridge checkpoint.

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