Ten law enforcement officers from China have been sent to Sri Lanka in response to a diplomatic request made by the country’s Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to help combat an alleged increase in cybercrime committed by foreign citizens.
A meeting with the visiting delegation took place in Colombo last Monday. The Chinese team comprised police supervisor Yang Wang Feng, as well as other representatives from China’s Ministry of Public Service. For a month, the crew will stay in Sri Lanka to assist in combating cybercrime.
In recent times, cybercrime involving foreign people from neighboring nations like China, Malaysia, and India has become an increasingly significant concern for Sri Lanka. Authorities in Sri Lanka reported that they had made 72 arrests related to internet gambling and other cybercrimes in the last few months alone.
The majority of the suspects speak Mandarin, which makes it challenging for Sri Lankan officials to analyze digital evidence, according to the authorities there. This language barrier is the key obstacle to these investigations.
Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) Rohan Premaratne of the CID stated, “Criminals are becoming more sophisticated, using the names of multinational corporations like Amazon to recruit unsuspecting young people, often children, for illegal activities through various advertisements. Many school children are involved in money laundering. Unfortunately, many of these individuals don’t realize they are involved in crime until it’s too late, and we have to arrest them and work within the framework of Sri Lankan law.”
In order to strengthen Sri Lanka’s legal frameworks for combating cybercrime, the CID also stated that it plans to collaborate more closely with foreign organizations like the Council of Europe.
China and Sri Lanka work closely together; during the decades-long violent battle against the Tamil independence movement, Beijing has provided military support and weapons. Artillery, tanks, and other heavy weapons—all supplied by China—were deployed with terrible results, killing hundreds of Tamil people. Additionally, the Sri Lankan Air Force and Navy both made extensive use of K-8 jet trainers manufactured in China and a significant number of gunboats built in China. Among the things that made it possible for the Sri Lankan government to conduct war crimes against the Tamil people were the provision of weapons and military assistance.
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