Macao, Hong Kong ink deal on prisoners transfer

China's Macao and Hong Kong special administrative regions have sealed an agreement on the transfer of sentenced persons.

Macao Daily News, the leading local Chinese newspaper, reported Saturday that security representatives from Macao and Hong Kong clinched the deal on Friday.

The agreement will enable the transfer of Macao residents imprisoned in Hong Kong to serve the remaining terms in Macao, and vice versa, said the report.

The agreement will help tackle cultural and language barriers for the inmates under custody away from homeland, Cheong Kuoc Va was quoted by the newspaper as saying.

Five Macao residents are presently serving jail terms in Hong Kong and 84 Hong Kong convicts detained in Macao, Cheong said.

Source: Xinhua