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a woman staying in a luxury hotel was robbed of 20,000 hong kong dollars by a cleaner and was deported in macau for using counterfeit money without knowing it

2024-09-26

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traveling is supposed to be a happy thing, but what happened along the way made her sad and cry.

before departure, i exchanged 54,000 hong kong dollars at the bank and spent more than 80,000 yuan to stay in a luxury hotel for 6 nights.

the woman is wang rui (pseudonym), from shanxi. she told the reporter of china business news that as early as the first half of this year, they planned to travel to sanya, hainan, hong kong and macau during the summer vacation.

"on the afternoon of july 29 this year, my husband and i, along with our two young children, my mother, and my classmate's family, a total of more than 10 people, took a plane to sanya, hainan." wang rui said that before leaving, she went to a bank to exchange 54,000 hong kong dollars, and also brought 10,000 yuan to use in hong kong and macau. they had previously booked the capella resort hotel in tufu bay, yingzhou town, lingshui county, near sanya city, hainan province, online.

hotel room involved

she said that their flight was originally scheduled for 6 p.m. that day, but due to flight delays, they arrived at the hotel at 2 a.m. on july 30.

wang rui said that the capella resort hotel they stayed in was a luxury one. "there are many members in our family, so we booked a two-bedroom, one-living-room villa and stayed there for six nights, which cost more than 80,000 yuan."

on the first day of staying in the hotel, i found that 10,000 hong kong dollars was stolen. after reporting it to the police, the police opened a case for investigation.

wang rui said that after they checked in, they found that the toilet in the villa was broken. later, the hotel hired workers to repair it. because it was not fixed, they were given a villa with three bedrooms and one living room. "my classmate's family lived in another villa."

she recalled that on the night of july 30, except for her mother who stayed in the room to take a bath, her family went to the hotel for dinner. "that night, my mother told me that while she was taking a bath, she heard a man knocking on the door. he claimed to be a cleaner and said he was here to clean. she ignored him. after taking a bath, she found that the bag she had placed on the tv cabinet had been moved."

she said that the bag contained the hong kong dollars that had been exchanged and the 10,000 yuan in cash. "when my mother counted the money, she found that 10,000 hong kong dollars was missing, and the cash had not been moved." afterwards, they contacted the hotel and asked to check the surveillance and investigate the situation. "we also told the hotel that we suspected it was the man who cleaned the house during the day, but they said they had no evidence. later we called the police for help."

after receiving the alarm, police from the local yingzhou police station rushed to the scene to investigate.

it is reported that the cleaner's surname is huang and he has worked in the hotel for many years.

afterwards, a case filing notice from the lingshui county public security bureau showed that huang was suspected of theft. after investigation, the bureau believed that the conditions for filing a case were met and "the case is now filed for investigation."

when spending in macau, i found out that 10,000 hong kong dollars had been swapped and i was deported when i accidentally used it

however, what happened next may be unforgettable for wang rui's family forever.

wang rui said that on august 4, they checked out of the capella resort and went to zhuhai, and then transited to macau. "we plan to play in macau for a few days, and then take a boat to hong kong to take the children to the disneyland they have been looking forward to for a long time."

she said that they had dinner at a hotel in macau that night. after dinner, she paid with the hong kong dollars she brought with her, but the merchant said she used counterfeit money. "i argued that these hong kong dollars were exchanged from the bank, and i also produced the exchange receipt, but they didn't believe it. we both called the police at the time."

she said that the merchant held her in the security room and would not let her leave until the police arrived. when the police arrived, they searched her hotel room and discovered that a total of 10,000 hong kong dollars she carried were counterfeit.

later, wang rui accepted the investigation of the macau police. "at this time, i carefully recalled what happened, but i couldn't find any reason for the counterfeit money to appear. i began to suspect that the 10,000 counterfeit hong kong dollars might have been switched by the cleaner at the capella resort hotel."

later, the macau police handed the matter over to the local procuratorate for handling. on august 6, wang rui was deported back to the mainland by macau. "i left with joy and returned with sadness."

the police said the theft case had been solved, the suspect was a cleaner who was detained, and the 20,000 hong kong dollars had been converted into rmb and returned

a wechat chat record between wang rui and the police officer in lingshui county, hainan province, which she presented, showed that one day in mid-august this year, the police told her that the theft case she had reported to the police had been solved and the suspect was the cleaner huang, who was later detained.

when wang rui heard the news, he cried with joy.

afterwards, huang's family converted the 20,000 hong kong dollars into rmb according to the exchange rate on the day of the incident and returned it to wang rui.

a reporter from huashang daily dafeng news saw in a transfer record presented by wang rui that the transfer time was 12:05 noon on september 21 and the amount was 17,357.26 yuan.

relevant investigators from lingshui police said that the matter is still under further investigation and the specific details are not convenient to disclose.

notice of case filing

it is reported that hainan police are communicating with macau through relevant channels regarding this matter.

the reporter called capella resort to inquire about the relevant situation, and a staff member responded that the matter has been handed over to the police for investigation. as for other situations, the other party was unwilling to say more.

huashang daily news reporter huang ping, editor wu yi