Overview
- An Indian Air Force transport plane departed Thailand on Thursday with about 270 Indian passport holders, the first group of roughly 465 set to be repatriated.
- Thai Major General Maitree Chupreecha said a second flight was scheduled later Thursday and the remaining Indians are expected to fly on Monday.
- Thai authorities in Mae Sot established temporary facilities to house and process people from 28 nations who fled the mid-October operation near Myawaddy.
- Myanmar state media described the raid as targeting cross-border scams and illegal gambling, and witnesses reported explosions that demolished parts of the KK Park compound.
- Independent outlets report cybercrime operations continue in the area, as UNODC estimates such centers generate nearly $40 billion annually and the U.S. and U.K. have recently imposed sanctions and pursued an indictment tied to regional syndicates.