NAIROBI, Dec. 5 -- More than 70 Chinese arrested in Nairobi very likely belong to a cross-border telecommunications fraud group, according to Mr. Mao Yizong, spokesperson of the Chinese Embassy in Kenya.

"Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Hua Chunying already made the statement during Regular Press Conference on December 5, 2014. She reiterated that China and Kenya enjoy long-standing friendship; the Chinese side resolutely supports the Kenyan side in combating all forms of illegal and criminal activities. We will actively cooperate with the Kenyan side to carry out investigation and handle the case in accordance with law," Mr. Mao said.

Resources show that there are some cross-border fraud groups using their communication equipments to call and cheat their targets within China.

Through making the victims believe that they have committed financial offenses with their banks, insurance companies or other financial institution, they extort money by disguising themselves as prosecutors or authorities.

The group has been escaping the Chinese police dragnets by moving from one country to another and they prefer countries where their operations are not quite familiar with to ease their work and avoid arrest.

"Chinese police recently arrested some suspects in Zhejiang Province in China and some of them have confessed to belong to the group in Nairobi," Mr. Mao said.

In September 2014, around 100 suspected fraudsters were arrested in Egypt and expatriated to China to face criminal charges. In July this year a lady from Fujian Province in China was defrauded of money worth 90 million KSH, by the similar fraudsters hidden in Kenya.

"We are thankful to the Kenya police for their information and cooperation in this individual criminal case. The Chinese police have been working closely with the Kenyan police in our quest to bring the criminals to justice. We will establish a joint task force to tackle this issue." Mao said.