India to Airlift 465 Nationals from Thailand After Heavy Bombing of KK Park Cybercrime Hub in Myanmar

Nov 2025 : India is preparing a major evacuation mission to bring home 465 of its citizens who fled the notorious KK Park cyber fraud complex in Myanmar’s Myawaddy region, following days of intensified attacks by the Karen Border Guard Force (BGF) and Myanmar’s military. The evacuees—part of a larger group of nearly 1,600 foreign workers who escaped to Mae Sot, Thailand—are expected to be airlifted back aboard Indian Air Force (IAF) transport aircraft.

The BGF, led by Saw Chit Thu and aligned with Myanmar’s junta, has escalated its offensive on KK Park from once-daily strikes to multiple bombing rounds each day. A major series of explosions on October 29 damaged several office buildings and sent plumes of smoke drifting into Thailand’s Tak Province. Subsequent junta raids resulted in the detention of more than 2,000 individuals and the seizure of communication hardware, including Starlink terminals—hundreds of which were reportedly installed across the compound’s rooftops and believed to have been smuggled in for high-speed scam operations.

According to Thai authorities, 1,597 people from 28 nationalities have crossed into Mae Sot seeking refuge—1,332 men and 265 women. Indians form the largest group at 465, followed by Filipinos (220), Chinese (185), Vietnamese (151), and Ethiopians (130). Thailand has completed its screening procedures and cleared the Indian nationals for evacuation.

The Indian Air Force will conduct airlift operations on November 6 and November 10, deploying large transport aircraft—likely C-17 Globemasters—from Mae Sot International Airport. The mission is being coordinated with Thai officials, the Indian Embassy in Yangon, and Myanmar authorities, with evacuees being escorted from the border crossing to the airport. This marks one of India’s largest rescue operations involving victims trapped in international cybercrime syndicates.

Official response from MEA (https://x.com/MEAIndia/status/1983505182529863845)

Bulldozers were used to destroy over 10,000 pieces of electronic equipment used in scam compounds. Sophisticated scams like Investment scams, romance scam, sextortion and card frauds are done using these equipments.

Use of Starlink – Satellite Internet: Roofs of K K Park had hundreds of Starlink installed, which were suspectedly smuggled from other nations.

IAF sources indicate that heavy-lift squadrons from bases such as Hindon Air Force Station (UP) or Jorhat AFS (Assam) may be executing the flights.

The crisis stems from large-scale bombing operations initiated on November 2, with Myanmar forces and the Karen BGF reportedly detonating powerful explosives up to four times daily, destroying infrastructure and sending shrapnel into Thai villages such as Mae Ku Tha Sung, endangering civilians.

Authorities also used bulldozers to destroy more than 10,000 pieces of electronic equipment recovered from KK Park—devices used for global cyber fraud, including investment scams, romance scams, sextortion, and payment card crimes.

The situation has renewed global scrutiny of transnational cybercrime networks, many of which operate alongside human-trafficking syndicates. Cambodia remains another major hub, recently drawing international attention after the U.S. and U.K. imposed sanctions on key operators of a large Cambodian cyber-scam gang.

This evacuation marks India’s second mission to rescue citizens trapped in KK Park, underscoring the growing urgency for coordinated international efforts to dismantle cybercrime and trafficking networks operating across Southeast Asia.

(The content of this article is sourced from a news agency and has not been edited by the Mavericknews30 team.)