Five Chinese men have been charged with various offences at Dublin District Court this morning. They were all remanded in custody to appear again on May 3rd next.
The five were named as Mr Xu Bo Wein, Mr Guo Jia, Mr Xu Hui, Mr Liu Xing and Mr Xiang Yu Meng all with an address at The Cobbles, 21-22 Essex Street in Dublin 2.
Mr Liu Xing was charged with assault, false imprisonment and robbery. Three others were charged with robbery. A fifth man, Mr Yu Meng was charged in relation to an existing bench warrant.
None of the men made an application for bail.
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The court appearance followed the arrest of 12 Chinese people in an apartment in Dublin's Temple Bar area yesterday.
The other seven people, including two women, have been released.