A supervisor working at an unnamed integrated resort in Macau has been accused of soliciting bribes from mainland Chinese workers to secure them jobs without requiring them to go through a formal interview process. According to the Commission Against Corruption (CCAC), the supervisor, who worked in the stewarding department and was responsible for personnel recruitment, solicited bribes totaling nearly RMB190,000 (US$26,000) in exchange for providing personal assistance to the individuals in question.
Starting last year, the supervisor identified Chinese mainland residents who intended to work in Macau and informed them that interviews were not necessary or that they could work directly for a company if they paid a placement fee of between RMB15,000 (US$2,060) and RMB25,000 (US$3,440) each. The CCAC reported that the supervisor then used his position to successfully employ nine Chinese mainland residents, who were immediately recruited without undergoing an interview process.
Upon investigation, it was found that some of the individuals lacked the minimum academic qualification requirements and were illiterate, which violated the entry requirements and regulations of the integrated resort operator in question. During the investigation, the supervisor and his girlfriend destroyed evidence to conceal the act of receiving the placement fees and also helped other individuals involved to hide the situation, the CCAC said.
Under Macau’s law of Prevention and Suppression of Bribery in the Private Sector, the supervisor, his girlfriend, and a middleman are suspected of committing passive bribery in the private sector. The nine residents from the Chinese mainland who were recruited upon payment of placement fees are suspected of committing active bribery in the private sector. The case has now been referred to the Public Prosecutions Office for handling, the CCAC confirmed.
