India is working with Thailand to repatriate nationals detained after fleeing Myanmar’s cybercrime hub KK Park.
The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has confirmed that India is working closely with Thai authorities to repatriate Indian nationals who were detained in Thailand after fleeing a military raid in neighbouring Myanmar.
The crisis began when the Myanmar military raided KK Park — a notorious fraud and cyber-scam complex near the Thailand–Myanmar border. Hundreds of foreign workers, including many from India, reportedly escaped into Thailand. Thai provincial officials said that “nearly 700 people” entered Thailand’s Tak province after the raid.
“We are aware of Indian nationals who have been detained by Thai authorities. They had crossed into Thailand from Myanmar over the past few days.” He added that the Indian mission in Thailand is working with Thai authorities to verify nationality and to repatriate them after legal formalities are completed.
Thailand’s government, under Anutin Charnvirakul, confirmed that India will send a special flight directly to the border town of Mae Sot to bring back its nationals. Reuters reports said around 500 Indian nationals may be repatriated.
Many of those fleeing, however, lack valid passports because their travel documents were reportedly seized by criminal gangs operating the scam hub.
This incident highlights a broader regional challenge: the rise of cyber-fraud and human trafficking networks in Southeast Asia. Compounds like KK Park operate in weak-governance border zones and lure vulnerable individuals with promises of jobs, only to force them into illegal online operations.
India’s active involvement in repatriation efforts signals a growing emphasis on protecting its citizens abroad and exposing the transnational nature of such scams.
With coordinated efforts from India, Thailand, and Myanmar, authorities are beginning to break up these exploitative networks. Still, experts say large numbers of victims remain unaccounted for and the flow of trafficked labour continues.
India’s MEA is working in tandem with Thai officials to return its nationals, many of whom escaped the KK Park raid in Myanmar. The government is taking steps not only to bring citizens home, but also to highlight and confront the networks behind such operations.
