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Police arrest 31 Chinese nationals for cyberfraud
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Two Chinese nationals are detained by the Bogor Police for questioning. The police arrested 31 Chinese nationals on Monday evening for alleged cyberfraud. (Warta Kota/Soewidia Henaldi)
The National Police’s cybercrime division and the Bogor Police have arrested 31 Chinese nationals for suspected cyberfraud.
“We are still questioning the 31 Chinese nationals,” Bogor Police operations division chief Comr. Prasetyo Purbo Nurcahyo said as quoted by Antara news agency on Tuesday.
The 31 suspects were rounded up in a joint operation involving the Bogor Police and the Bogor Immigration Office at a mansion in the Vila Duta housing estate on Jl. Kingkilaban, East Bogor, on Monday evening.
According to Prasetyo, the Chinese nationals had arrived in Indonesia individually since April and had been residing in the mansion ever since.
“They consist of 22 men and nine women. None of them are couples,” said Prasetyo.
Prasetyo said they were believed to be involved in cyberfraud targeting Chinese nationals residing in Indonesia.
“They apparently belong to an international network,” Prasetyo said, adding that none of the suspects were carrying passports.
The police also confiscated 25 home phones, 34 cell phones, 30 modems, two laptops, one car, one motorcycle, four walkie-talkies and one printer. (dmr)
