Colombo, April 3 At least 152 foreigners, mostly Chinese, were arrested in connection with an online financial scam and have been remanded in custody until April 9, police said on Friday.
The group, which includes 133 Chinese, 13 Vietnamese and Taiwanese, Bangladeshis, and Malaysians, was produced before a court in Chilaw, a northwestern town on the island nation.
They were operating from a house obtained on a lease, police said.