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Date: December 16, 2015
By: Associated Press
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia deported 50 Taiwanese and Chinese
Cyber crime suspects from Taiwan and China sit as they wait for deportation at an immigration detention center in Jakarta, Indonesia, Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2015. Indonesian authorities have repatriated 50 alleged cyber criminals from Taiwan and China who were arrested for running Internet scams targeting Chinese and Taiwanese victims. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)
citizens on Wednesday who were members of a cross-border telephone and Internet fraud ring, officials said.
Immigration official Yurod Saleh said the 49 Taiwanese and one Chinese were repatriated to face charges in their homeland. They have already spent two months in Indonesian jails and have been fined $770 for violating their tourist visas.
He said 419 Taiwanese and Chinese citizens have been arrested since August in several major Indonesian cities for involvement in cross-border telephone and Internet fraud. About 280 have been sent home since October.
Jakarta police chief of detectives Lt. Col. Krishna Murti said the arrests followed a tip-off from Chinese police. [FULL STORY]
