A group of 69 men and 15 women were subsequently handed over to Indonesian embassy officials. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Eighty-four Indonesians freed rom scam centers in Myanmar arrived at the Thai border city of Mae Sot earlier on Thursday, part of an ongoing large scale repatriation effort following a crackdown by Thailand,

A new crackdown on online scam centers has led to over 7,000 people world-wide being held in a Myanmar border town awaiting repatriation, and those helping them said the un-precedented number is straining the resources of Thailand and leading to delays.