Updated Thursday, March 27, 2008 0:00 am TWN, AFP

Japanese police arrest 29 Chinese in forgery ring

TOKYO -- Japanese police have arrested 29 Chinese after busting what is believed to be the country’s largest forgery racket producing thousands of fake identify documents, reports said Wednesday. Six people were held on suspicion of counterfeiting and selling passports, foreign residency certificates, student ID cards and driving licenses, according to Jiji Press and other media.

The other 23 allegedly bought the forged documents, mostly for the purpose of illegally obtaining jobs in Japan. A Metropolitan Police spokesman said that one 29-year-old Tokyo businessman, Wang Zhichao, had been detained, but declined to confirm the other arrests.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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