Bureau of Special Investigation
| အထူးစုံစမ်းစစ်ဆေးရေးဦးစီးဌာန | |
| Agency overview | |
|---|---|
| Formed | 1951 |
| Type | Bureau |
| Jurisdiction |  Myanmar |
| Headquarters | Naypyidaw |
| Agency executive |
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| Parent agency | Ministry of Home Affairs |
| Website | bsi |
The Bureau of Special Investigation (Burmese: အထူးစုံစမ်းစစ်ဆေးရေးဦးစီးဌာန; BSI) is the domestic intelligence and security service of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar. BSI is a department of the Ministry of Home Affairs (Myanmar).[1] The bureau has authority to investigate legal offences, including financial crimes, such as inappropriate trading, tax evasion, and government officer corruption allegations.[1] The Director General of BSI is U Maung Maung Kyaw. Its headquarters is in Naypyidaw.
History[edit]
In 1951, the Special Investigation Administrative Board was formed under the direct supervision of the Prime Minister with 315 number of staff in accordance with "The Bureau of Special Investigation Act".[2] In 1963, it was renamed as Bureau of Special Investigation under the administration of the Ministry of Home Affairs.[3]
BSI operates for many laws. These include, but are not limited to —
- Foreign Exchange Regulation Act 1948
- Essential services and Supply Act 1947
- Public Properties protection Act 1947
- Anti-Corruption Act 1948
- Export and Import Supervision (temporary) Act 1948
Organisational structure[edit]
The structure of BSI is:
- Headquarter
- Administration Division
- Administration
- Account
- Training
- Law & Prosecution Division
- Law
- Prosecution
- Information Technology Division
- Information Network
- Cyber Crime
- Investigation & Financial Division
- Investigation
- Financial
- International Affair
- Crime Division
- Upper Myanmar
- Lower Myanmar
- Inspection Division
- Inspection
- Complain
- Record
- Regions and States (14)
- Nay Pyi Taw (Union Territory)(1)[4]
Duties and functions[edit]
- Scrutinizing work
- Investigation
- Submitting legal opinion on cases
- Sending up to the court and prosecution
- Collecting and submitting intelligence
- To co-operate for the peace and tranquility of the State and rule of law.[5]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "RESPONSES TO INFORMATION REQUESTS (RIRs)" (PDF). Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada. 25 February 2008. Retrieved 19 July 2015.
- ^ "အထူးစုံစမ်းစစ်ဆေးမှုအုပ်ချုပ်ရေးအဖွဲ့နှင့် အထူးစုံစမ်းစစ်ဆေးရေးဌာန အက်ဥပဒေ". Constitutional Tribunal of The Union of Myanmar. Archived from the original on 11 November 2018.
- ^ "Historical Background". The Republic of the Union of Myanmar: Anti-corruption Commission. Archived from the original on 6 October 2019.
- ^ "BSI Biography". Ministry of Home Affairs.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Duties and Functions of The Bureau of Special Investigation". Ministry of Home Affairs.[permanent dead link]
External links[edit]
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