Jason Tower
@Jason_Tower79
Jason Tower is the Myanmar Country Director at USIP. Jason focuses on peace and security issues in Southeast Asia, with a particular focus on China and Myanmar.
Wang Xing 2.0? yet another model trafficked into Myanmar’s scam cities; Zhong Haobin went missing in June according to police reports; Chinese celebrities once again calling for action. Meanwhile complete impunity in Karen as the Karen BGF continues to operate massive scam cities
Following the money: Thai authorities advance initiative to address the laundering of illicit funds generated by online scams through cryptocurrency exchanges; such exchanges have proliferated across the region, and are key to the pig-butchering scams. thethaiger.com/news/phuket/cr…
Myanmar’s scam economy continues to expand: on 4/23, 920 additional individuals repatriated to China, including from Mong Hsu, a town under influence of the Shan State Army North, a close ally of the United Wa State Army. Locations increasingly inland — 300+ miles from Tachileik
Experts on Panel ⓶: China’s Military and Security Footprint in Southeast Asia and the Pacific Islands Gregory B. Poling @GregPoling @SoutheastAsiaDC Jason Tower @Jason_Tower79 @USIP Cleo Paskal @CleoPaskal @FDD uscc.gov/hearings/cross…
Analysis report with @dw_hotspotasia on the Myanmar Min Aung Hlaing’s visit to Russia last week. Is the military hedging between Moscow and Beijing? @Jason_Tower79 @ZachAbuza @khinohmar Myanmar's junta turns to Russia for support in civil war p.dw.com/p/4reEv?maca=e…
Good reporting from @NikkeiAsia from ground zero of the crisis on the Myanmar-Thailand border, where criminal groups and militias aligned with the Myanmar military BGF are frantically trying to bring an end to a crackdown on online scamming & trafficking asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/Soci…
