China arrests three Australian Crown Resorts employees

The logo of Australia's top casino operator Crown Resorts adorns a fence surrounding the Crown Perth hotel and casino complex in Western Australia, October 20, 2016. Picture taken October 20, 2016. REUTERS/Aaron Bunch EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVE.

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian officials have met with the three Crown Resorts Ltd employees detained in China since mid-October, Australia's foreign minister Julie Bishop said, after the trio were formally arrested on suspicion of gambling offences.

Australian officials visited their three nationals - part of a larger group of 17 Crown employees in detention - in Shanghai, Bishop told reporters in Canberra on Wednesday.