Hundreds of Indian nationals have been repatriated after escaping a cyber scam compound in Myanmar’s Myawaddy region. The KK Park complex was raided by Myanmar’s military in October, leading to over 2,000 arrests and the seizure of Starlink terminals. Around 500 Indians fled to Thailand, and 270 were flown back to India on special Indian Air Force flights. Officials say the returnees will be questioned to trace recruitment networks. In 2023, the UN estimated that over 100,000 people are trapped in similar scam centres in Myanmar and another 100,000 in Cambodia, where criminal groups operate large-scale online fraud schemes. Many centres, once casinos, now run global online frauds targeting victims through fake job offers and investment scams.
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