The foreign minister said on Tuesday ( Oct 15 ) that Sri Lankan police have detained more than 230 Chinese men who are accused of stealing money from international banks through online scams with assistance from security officials sent by Beijing.
According to Vijitha Herath, authorities have seize 250 computers and 500 wireless devices linked to the alleged scams in recent weeks, with inquiries still being conducted into how much was stolen.
Herath compared the groups that the attacks targeted to international banks and financial institutions.
China’s military in Colombo said they had sent a “working party” of security officials to carry out” special businesses” with Sri Lankan officers.
” A large number of criminal offenders were arrested”, the ambassador said in a statement, adding that “repatriation and another job” were continued.
126 Foreign people were detained by police on Saturday, along with two Vietnamese people from Vietnam and one from Thailand and the Philippines, respectively.
Sri Lanka has a strong telecommunications infrastructure, and it was the first in South Asia to roll out a 5G community in April 2019, three years prior to the country’s economic collapse.
According to the military, China’s crackdown on scammers at home may have prompted some people to look for legal work abroad.
According to the speech,” China stands ready to further improve law enforcement assistance with Sri Lanka.”
In June, authorities arrested another 200 offenders, generally Indians, who were also accused of operating online financial frauds.