With Sue-Lin Wong, Southeast Asia correspondent for The Economist. This week on What’s Happening in Myanmar, ASEAN continues talking consensus, Sittwe fighting begins in earnest, and we speak about the scam industry in the region, as hundreds of trafficked victims go free from Myawaddy.  

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Timecodes—

0m58s :: Weekly news digest8m33s :: With Sue-Lin Wong, the scam industry15m06s :: Why do people fall for scams?17m22s :: Coercion and worker trafficking23m11s :: Chinese experience of scams25m26s :: Absent connection to CCP31m45s :: Future of scams 34m52s :: Close

Our guest—

Sue-Lin Wong, Southeast Asia correspondent for The Economist.

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