Mainland man believed to be stabbed in Macau hotel room, later declared dead in hospital
Police say mainland woman who found him was a friend; the pair were allegedly detained in room and guarded by two men after they lost money borrowed from a suspected loan shark in a casino
Police are investigating the death of a mainland tourist after he was found stabbed to death in a Macau hotel room on Friday.
The man, 53, was found shortly after 6am by a mainland woman, who had shared the room with him, lying unconscious beside a bathtub in the sixth-floor room of the Emperor Hotel on Rua de Xangai.
“The man was found to be in a coma and lying in a pool of blood in the toilet. A wound was found in his left chest,” a Macau fire department spokesman said, adding that the victim’s heart had stopped by the time of discovery.
The mainland man was later taken to a local hospital where he was declared dead.
Macau police are investigating whether his death was linked to money troubles and loan-sharking activities.
It is alleged that the mainland pair were being held in the hotel room and guarded by two male debt collectors after they had lost money borrowed from an unlicensed moneylender in a casino around midnight.
