Indonesia
Archipelago
The Chinese deportees are the latest to be netted in a string of raids against online scam operations involving foreign actors, with at least three such raids in various regions in May, as the government moves to tighten immigration policies to avoid Indonesia becoming a hotbed of cross-border cybercriminal activities.
An illustration of pig butchering, a type of cyber scam that lures victims into investing in fake crypto assets (Pexels/Cottonbro Studio) (Pexels/cottonbro studio)
Immigration officials in Batam, the Riau Islands, have deported 92 Chinese nationals and imposed lifetime bans on traveling to the country after they were arrested for allegedly running a local scam network.Batam Immigration Office spokesperson Kharisma Rukmana said the group was deported aboard a China Southern Airlines plane to Guangzhou that departed from Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Tangerang, Banten on Sunday.
