Overview
- India’s Ministry of External Affairs said its mission in Thailand is verifying the nationality of detained Indians and will repatriate them once procedures are complete.
- Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said India will send a special flight to Mae Sot, as Ambassador Nagesh Singh met Thailand’s immigration chief to hasten verification.
- Nearly 500 Indians are concentrated in Mae Sot following Myanmar military raids, within a larger group of more than 1,500 people from 28 countries who crossed the border.
- KK Park is described as a major cyber-scam hub controlled by Chinese criminal syndicates and protected by local militias linked to Myanmar’s military.
- The group includes trafficking victims and some alleged operators, with missing passports and illegal entries complicating returns; India previously flew back 549 nationals in March.