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BEIJING

40 fraud suspects in police custody

A total of 40 suspects, 35 from the Chinese mainland and five from Taiwan, were brought back to China from Kenya in police custody on Monday, the Ministry of Public Security said. Allegedly involved in 60-plus fraud cases worth 4 million yuan ($600,000), they belonged to one of two groups arrested by Kenyan police in November 2014, the ministry said on Monday. Another 36 suspects in the other group were repatriated in April and have been formally arrested. They allegedly swindled more than 26 million yuan out of mainland residents by pretending to be members of the Beijing and Shanghai police.