The president of the board of directors of the Macau Trade and Investment Promotion Institute (IPIM), a member of its executive committee and a former official at the institute’s Residency Application and Legal Affairs Division who is now working as the chief of a department of the government’s Pension Fund (FP), have been transferred to the Judiciary for alleged work-related crimes, the Commission Against Corruption (CCAC) said in a statement on Friday.

The Judiciary mentioned in the CCAC statement last Friday is understood to refer to the Public Prosecution Office (MP).

According to the CCAC statement, the trio allegedly committed the crimes during the process of application approvals for the institute’s three temporary residency schemes – “property investment immigration”, “major investment immigration” and “specialist immigration”. The third scheme is for managerial personnel, specialists and professional qualification holders hired by local employers.

Macau Trade and Investment Promotion Institute (IPIM) President Jackson Chang attends a plenary session in the legislature’s hemicycle in July this year, when he answered questions from lawmakers during a debate concerning possible amendments to the rules on his institute’s “major investment immigration” and “specialist immigration” schemes. Photo: GCS

This January 2009 handout file photo provided by the Macau Government Information Bureau (GCS) shows Gloria Ung posing in front of the IPIM plaque.

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