State news agency Xinhua said late last week police had detained executives from a company called Shanxinhui, accusing them of operating a pyramid scheme and duping people out of money in the name of raising funds to help the poor.
Beijing police said in a statement late on Wednesday that 67 of those involved in the protest, which led authorities to shut down a major road in a southern neighborhood of the city, had been detained.
Some of those involved, who were deemed not to be a great threat and who had repented, had been released after receiving "rule of law education", it said. Those who planned and instigated the action would be punished in accordance with the law, police said.
The statement did not say whether any of the 67 had been released or how many may face prosecution.
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