The Anti-Corruption Commission of Myanmar ( my, အဂတိလိုက်စားမှု တိုက်ဖျက်ရေး ကော်မရှင်; abbreviated ACC) is a 15-member body responsible for investigating corruption allegations in Myanmar. It was formed under the 2013 Anti-Corruption Law, which was enacted in September 2013.

History

The commission was formed on 25 February 2014. Initially, most of the appointed members were former high-ranking military personnel. On 23 November 2017, in accordance with the Section 7 of the Anti-corruption Law, the commission was reformed with 12 commission members by President

Htin Kyaw Htin Kyaw ( my, ထင်ကျော်, or ; born 20 July 1946) is a Burmese politician, writer and scholar who served as the ninth president of Myanmar from 30 March 2016 to 21 March 2018. He was the first elected president to hold the off ...

List of ACC Chairs

Chairman of ACC was appointed by the

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. * Mya Win (February 2014- November 2017) * Aung Kyi (November 2017- December 2020) *

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(? - August 2022) * Than Swe (August 2022 to ?) *

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(1 February 2023 to present)

Landmark cases

* The Commission filed anti-corruption cases against former Director General of

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(FDA), Dr. Than Htut regarding corruption in construction projects under Ministry of Health and Sports with sub-standard building quality and abusing his power in the ownership of a house and plot of land valued at over 150 million kyats. * The Commission filed anti-corruption cases against former

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advocate general

Han Htoo Han Htoo ( my, ဟန်ထူး) is a Burmese lawyer who previously served as the Advocate General of Yangon Region. He was removed from his position following corruption charges on 14 September, 2018 Arrested under section 55 of the Anti-Co ...

and five other officials regarding receiving bribes to dismiss the charges and release three men suspected of killing comedian Aung Ye Htwe in 2018. * The Commission filed anti-corruption cases against former

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Tanintharyi Region Tanintharyi Region ( my, တနင်္သာရီတိုင်းဒေသကြီး, ; Mon: or ; ms, Tanah Sari; formerly Tenasserim Division and subsequently Tanintharyi Division, th, ตะนาวศรี, RTGS: ''Tanao Si'', ...

Lei Lei Maw regarding violation of section 55 of the Anti-Corruption Law in March 2019.

References

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