Bureau of Special Investigation explained

Agency Name:	Bureau of Special Investigation
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Agency Type:	Bureau
Jurisdiction:	Myanmar
Headquarters:	Naypyidaw
Chief1 Name:	Maung Maung Kyaw
Chief1 Position:	Director General
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Parent Agency:	Ministry of Home Affairs
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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. The Director General of BSI is U Maung Maung Kyaw. Its headquarters is in Naypyidaw.

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".^[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 —

1. Foreign Exchange Regulation Act 1948
2. Essential services and Supply Act 1947
3. Public Properties protection Act 1947
4. Anti-Corruption Act 1948
5. Export and Import Supervision (temporary) Act 1948

Organisational structure

The structure of BSI is:

1. • 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

1. Scrutinizing work
2. Investigation
3. Submitting legal opinion on cases
4. Sending up to the court and prosecution
5. Collecting and submitting intelligence
6. To co-operate for the peace and tranquility of the State and rule of law.^[5]

See also

• • Special Intelligence Department
• Military intelligence of Myanmar

Notes and References

1. Web site: RESPONSES TO INFORMATION REQUESTS (RIRs). 25 February 2008. Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada. 19 July 2015.
2. Web site: အထူးစုံစမ်းစစ်ဆေးမှုအုပ်ချုပ်ရေးအဖွဲ့နှင့် အထူးစုံစမ်းစစ်ဆေးရေးဌာန အက်ဥပဒေ. Constitutional Tribunal of The Union of Myanmar. https://web.archive.org/web/20181111000352/http://www.myanmarconstitutionaltribunal.org.mm/lawdatabase/en/node/1453. 11 November 2018. dead.
3. Web site: Historical Background. The Republic of the Union of Myanmar: Anti-corruption Commission. https://web.archive.org/web/20191006051705/http://www.accm.gov.mm/acc/index.php?route=information%2Finformation&information_id=15. 6 October 2019. dead.
4. Web site: BSI Biography. Ministry of Home Affairs.
5. Web site: Duties and Functions of The Bureau of Special Investigation. Ministry of Home Affairs.