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India to Airlift 500 Nationals After Myanmar Raid on KK Park Sends Workers Into Thailand

Thai authorities shelter people from 28 countries during trafficking-victim screening.

Overview

  • Myanmar’s army, working with Karen Border Guard forces, demolished parts of the KK Park complex with explosions, Thai military officials said.
  • Witnesses in Thailand reported nights of blasts and smoke from across the border, and debris damaged several homes on the Thai side.
  • More than 1,500 people have crossed into Mae Sot since the raid, with arrivals slowing to 25 on Tuesday, according to the Naresuan Task Force.
  • Local officials say those processed include 482 Indians, 220 Filipinos and 193 Chinese, with temporary shelters set up in Thailand’s Tak province.
  • Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said India will send a plane to Mae Sot to repatriate roughly 500 of its citizens who fled the compound.