The Bureau of Special Investigation ( my, အထူးစုံစမ်းစစ်ဆေးရေးဦးစီးဌာန; BSI) is the domestic intelligence and security service of the Republic of the

Union of Myanmar The State Peace and Development Council ( my, နိုင်ငံတော် အေးချမ်းသာယာရေး နှင့် ဖွံ့ဖြိုးရေး ကောင်စီ ; abbreviated SPDC or , ) was the offi ...

. BSI is a department of the

Ministry of Home Affairs An interior ministry (sometimes called a ministry of internal affairs or ministry of home affairs) is a government department that is responsible for internal affairs. Lists of current ministries of internal affairs Named "ministry" * Ministry ...

(Myanmar). The bureau has authority to investigate legal offences, including

financial crimes Financial crime is crime committed against property, involving the unlawful conversion of the ownership of property (belonging to one person) to one's own personal use and benefit. Financial crimes may involve fraud (cheque fraud, credit card frau ...

, such as inappropriate trading, tax evasion, and government officer corruption allegations. The Director General of BSI is U Maung Maung Kyaw. Its headquarters is in

Naypyidaw Naypyidaw, officially spelled Nay Pyi Taw (; ), is the capital and third-largest city of Myanmar. The city is located at the centre of the Naypyidaw Union Territory. It is unusual among Myanmar's cities, as it is an entirely planned city outs ...

History

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". In 1963, it was renamed as Bureau of Special Investigation under the administration of the Ministry of Home Affairs. 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

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)

Duties and functions

# 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.

References

External links

* Government agencies of Myanmar 1951 establishments in Burma Government agencies established in 1951 {{law-enforcement-agency-stub