The Public Security Police (PSP) caught a Filipino for sexual harassment on Monday, PSP spokeswoman Kong Chi Ian said during a regular press conference yesterday.
The male, surnamed Belando, who is in his twenties, claimed to be unemployed.
Kong said that the suspect is a Philippine passport holder.
According to Kong, in the early hours of Sunday, the Public Security Police received a complaint from a woman, stating that on Saturday, while walking along Avenida de Almeida Ribeiro (San Ma Lou), she was struck once on the buttocks by a man passing her.
The victim immediately looked behind, Kong said, adding that after the two made eye contact, the man promptly left the scene.
PSP officers identified Belando through the city’s CCTV footage and apprehended him on Monday. Under questioning, Belando claimed that he had been drinking that evening and, as he passed the woman, had mistaken her for a friend from his hometown. Belando claimed that he had patted her buttocks as a way of greeting her, according to Kong.
Belando was transferred to the Public Prosecutions Office (MP) recently, facing a charge of sexual harassment.
According to Article 164-A of the Macau Penal Code, sexual harassment is punishable by imprisonment of up to one year.
This undated handout photo provided by the Public Security Police (PSP) yesterday shows a PSP officer escorting the sexual harassment suspect from the Philippines into a police station.
