With Jason Tower, senior expert, Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime. This fortnight on episode 64 of What's Happening in Myanmar, the military publishes full results for its pre-determined election, military appointees are assigned to parliament, the USDP negotiates with the regime on the make-up of government, and we discuss intra-resistance infighting and the China-scam dynamic in regime politics.
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Timecodes—
(00:00) Opening
(02:22) Election results and appointees
(05:03) With Jason Tower, the Chinese New Year statements
(18:26) The scam industry
(39:49) Myanmar's warlord period
(46:44) Close
Our guests—
Jason Tower, senior expert, Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime.
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