Jakarta, July 31 -- The South Jakarta Police have arrested 11 Chinese nationals involved in an online scam, in which they posed as police officers from Wuhan City and operated from a rented house in the Cilandak Sub-district.

"We have arrested 11 foreign nationals suspected of committing online scams," said South Jakarta Police Chief Senior Commissioner Nicolas Ary Lilipaly during a press conference on Wednesday (July 30, 2025).

The arrest followed complaints from neighbors who had grown suspicious of the suspects' activities on July 24. In coordination with the South Jakarta Immigration Office, police officers raided the house and found the 11 suspects impersonating officers from Wuhan City.

"The 11 foreign nationals had stayed at the...