Kathmandu, 28 April: The Department of Immigration has arrested 22 Chinese nationals including 10 men and 12 women for alleged illegal activities.

Director General of the department Narayan Prasad Bhattarai said, "We have brought them for questioning as they are involved in illegal work." He said that the department was interrogating them. They were involved in illegal online gaming, online gambling, and ATM hacking, according to police.

Meanwhile, department’s Immigration Officer, Manohar Thapa said investigation has been initiated against them on suspicion of carrying out illegal activities while arriving here on business visa. Twenty-one of the 22 Chinese citizens hold business visa while the visa term of another one has expired, he said.

According to him, the Chinese citizens were were released on the condition that they will present themselves when required. However, investigation against them is underway. The process has been started for deporting the one whose visa term has expired while investigation is on regarding whether the remaining ones were involved in trade and business or not.

People's News Monitoring Service