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Continuing with its operations to repatriate Indian nationals who were employed successful the cyber scam centres of confederate Myanmar, the Indian Air Force (IAF) connected Monday (November 10, 2025) evacuated 197 Indian nationals from Thailand’s Mae Sot.
The Indian embassy successful Thailand said Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul came to Mae Sot to oversee the operation.
“Both sides reaffirmed their steadfast committedness to combating transnational crimes including cyber scams and quality trafficking successful the region, and to heighten cooperation among the applicable agencies successful some countries for this purpose,” said the Indian embassy successful a connection aft Indian Ambassador to Thailand, Nagesh Singh, met with Prime Minister Charnvirakul successful Mae Sot.
On November 6, the IAF evacuated 270 nationals who were moving successful Myanmar’s Myawaddy and had crossed into Mae Sot aft the Myanmar subject cracked down connected the amerciable scam centres. Myanmar subject had started cognition successful Myawaddy during the 2nd fortnight of October forcing workers successful the scam centres belonging to aggregate nationalities to transverse into Thailand wherever they were detained for entering without valid documents.
“Embassy of India, Bangkok and Consulate of India successful Chiang Mai, successful adjacent coordination with assorted agencies of the Royal Thai Government, facilitated this repatriation. This is portion of Government of India’s sustained efforts to guarantee information and information of Indian nationals portion successful distress overseas,” said the Indian embassy successful Bangkok successful a statement.
Mr. Charnvirakul had expressed his government’s determination to stem the cyber fraud centres of Myanmar that are threatening Thailand’s economical prospects portion targeting thousands of innocents crossed the world. Authorities present had earlier told The Hindu that the Indian nationals who are being airlifted would not beryllium allowed to spell location without probe and that they would beryllium subjected to elaborate questioning to find retired the benignant of activities they were carrying retired successful the cyber hubs of Myawaddy.
On October 29, Mr. Charnvirakul had announced that astir 500 Indian nationals who had entered Thailand from Myanmar would beryllium airlifted by the Government of India. These individuals were employed successful K.K. Cybercrime hub successful Myawaddy which is known to person conned thousands of guiltless online victims crossed the world, including galore successful India.
The Indian embassy successful Bangkok further emphasised that Indian nationals should “verify the credentials of overseas employers and cheque the antecedents of recruiting agents earlier taking up occupation offers overseas” and reminded that visa-free introduction for Indian passport holders is allowed for “tourism and abbreviated concern purposes only” and not meant for employment.
