Nepal Police have detained 122 Chinese men and women in its biggest crackdown on crime for suspected cyber crimes and bank fraud.
The suspected fraudsters were amidst foreigners entering the country on tourist visas, officials said on Tuesday.
The Chief of police said the suspects were rounded up in raids on Monday following information that they were engaged in suspicious activities.
The Chinese are suspected of cyber crime and hacking into bank cash machines, the police chief, Uttam Subedi, said.
Subedi added that they were being held in different police stations and their passports and laptops had been seized.
“This is the first time that so many foreigners have been detained for suspected criminal activities,” he said.
Another senior police officer, Hobindra Bogati, said the Chinese embassy knew about the raids and had supported the detentions.
Speaking in Beijing, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang said Chinese and Nepali police had cooperated on the case and China was willing to increase law-enforcement cooperation with its neighbour.
Chinese people are regularly detained in Asian countries on suspicion of involvement in various illegal activities, often involving fraud back in China.
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