COLOMBO: Sri Lankan police have arrested more than 230 Chinese men accused of targeting international banks in online scams, the foreign minister said on Tuesday (Oct 15), with help from security officials sent by Beijing.
Sri Lanka n police have arrested more than 230 Chinese men accused of targeting international banks in online scams. COLOMBO: Sri Lanka n police have arrested more than 230 Chinese men accused of targeting international banks in online scams, the foreign minister said on Tuesday , with help from security officials sent by Beijing.
"They have mainly targeted foreign banks and financial institutions," Herath said of the gangs targeted in the raids. "A large number of criminal suspects were arrested," the embassy said in a statement, adding that"repatriation and other work" were ongoing. Sri Lanka has a strong telecommunication infrastructure and was the first in South Asia to unroll a 5G network, in April 2019, three years before the country's financial meltdown.
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