The Tamil Nadu government said on Wednesday that the first group of 13 Tamils who had been forcibly transported to Myanmar and held hostage there after being offered IT jobs in Thailand had safely arrived. Upon their arrival in Chennai, they were dispatched to their various towns. Chief Minister M. K. Stalin wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi in September, pleading for the government of India to step in and help the Indians who were stuck in Myanmar.
Gingee K S Masthan, the minister of minorities’ welfare, refugees’ and evacuees’ welfare, and non-resident Tamils’ welfare, met the 13 Tamils at the airport on Wednesday and assured them that the government would cover their travel costs. “…the first group of 13 Tamils reached safely here via New Delhi.
“After receiving them, they were sent to their respective hometowns,” he said in a Tweet.
300 Indians, including about 50 Tamils, had initially travelled to Thailand for IT-related jobs through private recruitment agencies, according to Stalin’s letter to Modi. They were transported against their will from Thailand to Myanmar for performing illicit online jobs.
