India to bring citizens back from Thailand

{ MYANMAR SCAM CENTRES

- HT Correspondent

India said on Wednesday it is working with Thai authorities to repatriate its citizens who fled to Thailand from a notorious scam centre in Myanmar, as Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul announced a special flight was fed to evacuate 500 Indians.

More than 1,500 people from 28 countries, including India and China, have fled to the border town of Mae Sot in Thailand since last week after Myanmar's military cracked down on KK Park, one of Southeast Asia’s largest cybercrime compounds located in Kayin State.

“We are aware of Indian nationals who have been detained by Thai authorities. They crossed into Thailand from Myanmar over the past few days,” ministry of external affairs spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said.

“Our mission in Thailand is working closely with Thai authorities to verify their nationality and to repatriate them, after necessary legal formalities are completed in Thailand,” he said.