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. New on the Frontier website:

The poverty of 'conflict studies' in Myanmar In the shadow of conflict, a gold rush erupts on the Chindwin River 'We survive one day at a time': The resistance holds on to Mawdaung Holding the line in Mawdaung

Referenced this episode:

Untangling Scam Kingpins' Ties to the Chinese Government