Badung, Bali, Oct. 27 -- Bali's Ngurah Rai Immigration Office has detained 17 foreigners suspected of running an online lending business in violation of their residence permits.

Office chief Muhamad Novyandri said the group comprised 15 Malaysians and two Singaporeans.

"They are suspected of misusing their residence permits and providing false information to obtain visas and residence permits," Novyandri said here Monday.

The suspects were detained during an immigration raid on their residence and operational base in Dalung, North Kuta, Badung District, on Thursday, October 22.

Preliminary questioning indicated that three suspects managed the operation, while the other 14 worked as administrators, Novyandri said.

The group advertised...