MAE SOT, Thailand (AP) — India is repatriating on Thursday the first batch of hundreds of its nationals who last month fled to Thailand from Myanmar, where most had been working at a notorious center for online scams .

The center, known as KK Park on the outskirts of the border city of Myawaddy and said to house a major cybercrime operation , was raided by Myanmar’s army in mid-October to suppress cross-border online scams and illegal gambling .

An Indian air force transport plane left Thailand en route to India and another plane was to leave later in the day, with about 270 out of 465 Indians who are to be repatriated. The remainder will leave Thailand next Monday, according to Maj. Gen. Maitree Chupreecha, commander of the Thai army’s northern region Naresuan Task Force.

In March, Ind

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