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Myanmar hands over 84 Indonesian alleged scammers to Thailand
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Alleged victims of scam centers board a boat to cross the river on the Myanmar-Thai border to be met by Thai Army soldiers as they are repatriated from Kyauk Khet in Myanmar's Myawaddy township on Feb. 12, 2025. More than 260 people, many visibly injured or bruised, were rescued from an illicit scam center along the Myanmar border and handed over to Thailand, following a series of crackdowns on the illegal operations. (AFP/-)
M
yanmar handed over 84 Indonesians to Thailand on Thursday, local officials said, the latest group of alleged scam center workers set to be repatriated from the region.
Around 70 men and 14 women crossed from Myawaddy to the Thai town of Mae Sot on Thursday at around noon (0500 GMT), passing through Thai immigration before being handed off to Indonesian embassy officials.
"They are heading to Bangkok," a Thai official who asked not to be named told AFP, adding that if they arrived late Thursday evening "they will probably fly back tomorrow [Friday] or the following day".
He said they had been released from illegal cyber scam centers, which have proliferated on the Thai-Myanmar border in recent years.
Myanmar's junta government said in a statement on Thursday that 84 Indonesian nationals were handed over through Thailand, without providing further comment.
Last week, about 600 Chinese nationals were deported in a similar manner from Myanmar and flown back to China via Thailand, following a visit to the Thai-Myanmar border by a Chinese public security official.
Thailand, China and Myanmar are expected to hold three-way talks Friday to discuss logistics for further repatriations of thousands of scam centre workers being held by border militias in Myanmar.
