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House Foreign Affairs subcommittees hear warnings that Burma’s planned vote is a sham as scam centers, aid cuts deepen crisis
Summary
A joint House Foreign Affairs subcommittee hearing on Burma heard witnesses and Rohingya advocates warn that the junta’s December 2025 elections are engineered for legitimacy, that scam centers and transnational crime are financing the regime, and that cuts to humanitarian aid have worsened conditions for refugees in Cox’s Bazar.
The House Foreign Affairs Committee’s subcommittees on East Asia and the Pacific and on South and Central Asia held a joint hearing focused on Burma’s military rule, the Rohingya humanitarian catastrophe and the growth of transnational scam operations that witnesses said finance the junta. Chairwoman Kim opened the session by calling the December 2025 vote a “sham election” and urging Congress to act on human rights abuses and criminal networks.
Experts and a Rohingya witness told lawmakers that the military regime’s planned elections cannot be free and fair while political prisoners are detained, opposition parties are excluded and parts of the country remain outside junta control. Ambassador Kelly Curry, introduced as a…
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