A supervisor working at an integrated resort in Macau solicited bribes from mainland Chinese workers to secure them jobs without having to go through a formal interview process.
According to details outlined by the Commission Against Corruption (CCAC) on Wednesday, the male employee of an unnamed integrated resort who worked as a supervisor in the stewarding department and was responsible for issues including personnel recruitment solicited bribes to the tune of almost RMB190,000 (US$26,000) in return for providing personal assistance to the people in question.
Starting last year, the employee identified Chinese mainland residents who intended to work in Macau and told them that “interviews were not required” or “one could work in a company directly” provided they paid a placement fee of between RMB15,000 (US$2,060) and RMB25,000 (US$3,440) each.
The CCAC said he then used his position to successfully employ nine Chinese mainland residents, who were immediately recruited without being required to undergo an interview process. Some of the individuals in question were found upon investigation to lack the minimum academic qualification requirements and to be illiterate, which violated the entry requirements and regulations of the integrated resort operator in question.
During the investigation, the male employee and his girlfriend destroyed evidence to hide the act of receiving the placement fees and also abetted the other persons involved to conceal the situation, the CCAC said.
As per Macau’s law of Prevention and Suppression of Bribery in the Private Sector, the employee, his girlfriend and a middleman are suspected to have committed passive bribery in the private sector, while the nine residents from the Chinese mainland who were recruited upon payment of placement fees are suspected to have committed active bribery in the private sector.
The case has now been referred to the Public Prosecutions Office for handling, the CCAC confirmed.
