Public prosecutors in Macao charged 22
people with crimes relating to vote-rigging last week, according to
an official statement issued on Friday.
The statement, released by the Public Prosecution Office, said
they were involved in "an electoral fraud scheme" that included the
illegal retention of voter registration cards.
The statement described the suspects' activities as "having
seriously infringed the fairness and order of the elections" to its
legislature that took place on September 25.
According to a Xinhua News Agency report on October
5, 14 suspects were also charged in Macao in a separate case
involving similar crimes on Tuesday.
Details of their cases won't be released to the public until the
date of court session.???
(Xinhua News Agency October 8, 2005)