More than 300 foreigners arrested in Jakarta raid on online gambling operation

Indonesian police on Saturday arrested 321 foreign nationals, mainly from Vietnam, for alleged involvement in banned online gambling, officials said.



The suspects were arrested in an office building in Central Jakarta as authorities pursue crackdowns on online gambling -- which is banned in the world's largest Muslim-majority nation -- and on international criminal syndicates.



Those arrested included 228 people from Vietnam, 57 from China, 13 from Myanmar, 11 from Laos, five from Thailand and three from Cambodia, Wira Satya Triputra, director of the Indonesian police force's crime investigation unit, said at a press conference.



The suspects have been running the online gambling operation for two months, Wira said.