Investigations are under way on several “Lay Patkar” traders, or unlicensed speculators dabbling in illegal trading of foreign exchange, a senior official from Yangon Police Force told The Myanmar Times. After the dollar-to-kyat exchange rate hit a high of K1,642 in the local market on September 20, four dollar traders from Shwe Bon Thar Street […]
Unlicensed forex traders hauled in for questioning
September 28, 2018 by Thiha
Filed Under: Latest News Tagged With: authorised dealer license, BSI, Bureau of Special Investigation, CBM, Central Bank of Myanmar, Economy, Foreign Currency Management, Foreign Exchange, Forex, illegal trading, Ministry of Home Affairs, money changer license, Union of Myanmar Federation Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Yangon Police Force
Anti-Drug Squad, BSI cooperating on Malaysia seizure of drugs worth $18 m
June 7, 2018 by Thiha
Anti-Drug Squad is cooperating with Bureau of Special Investigation (BSI) in investigation into the case in which narcotic drugs worth US$18 million were seized from a container that went from Yangon to Malaysia, said a BSI official. Both are hot on the trail of how the drugs were secretly loaded into the container and the […]
Filed Under: Latest News Tagged With: Anti-Drug Squad, Asia World company, Asia World Port, BSI, Bureau of Special Investigation, container, Drugs, flat, high-ranking official, Kuala Lumpur, local sources, Malaysia, Malaysia police, Malaysian, Malaysian customs authorities, Myanmar Anti-Drug Squad, Myanmar suspects, narcotic drugs, ongoing case, Port Klang, ship, suspected company owner, tea packages, The Daily Eleven, Vessel, Yangon
Myanmar’s Planning and Finance Minister Submits Resignation
June 2, 2018 by Thiha
NAYPYITAW — Planning and Finance Minister U Kyaw Win has submitted his resignation to the president amid reports that he is being investigated by the Anti-Corruption Commission and the Bureau of Special Investigation (BSI), sources close to the matter told The Irrawaddy. Since last week, news reports have circulated alleging that the minister and his […]
Filed Under: Latest News Tagged With: administrator, Anti-Corruption Commission, Anti-Corruption Law, BSI, Bureau of Special Investigation, chairman, Deputy Director, Deputy Planning and Finance Minister, Dr Than Htut, Food and Drug Administration director general, Home Affairs Ministry, Management Committee, National Economic Coordination Committee member, National League for Democracy, Naypyitaw, planning and finance minister, Planning and Finance Ministry’s permanent secretary, Pyin Oo Lwin Township, Renaissance Institute, The Irrawaddy, Thilawa Special Economic Zone, U Kyaw Win, U Kyaw Win’s place, U Myo Myint, U Set Aung, U Tun Tun Naing
Govt Hunts Down Illegal Immigrants in Yangon
November 30, 2016 by thiha
The Yangon authorities will investigate Ks 5,000 (US$3.8) shops to know whether they harbour illegal immigrants today (November 28), sources say. The operation began after Yangon Minister Zaw Aye Maung for Rakhine ethnic affairs stated that he would take action against illegal immigrants in Yangon at a regional parliamentary session. The Yangon City Development Committee […]
Filed Under: Latest News Tagged With: Bureau of Special Investigation, Chinese, Immigration, Ministry of Labour, National League for Democracy Economic Policy, Pabedan, Pabedan Constituency, Population, Rakhine Ethnic Affairs Stated, Regional MP Than Naing Oo, Sanchaung, Shwe li, The Yangon Authorities, The Yangon City Development Committee, Yangon Minister Zaw Aye Maung, YCDC
Corruption issue raised in tender process for Yangon airport upgrade
September 23, 2013 by thiha
Subscribe to our tender alert mailing list Questions are being raised about corruption in the process to select the tender winner for the upgrade of Yangon International Airport following the release of scorecards by the experts who were hired to evaluate the bidders. Local company Pioneer Aerodrome Services Consortium, a subsidiary of the conglomerate Asia […]
Filed Under: Tenders & Awards Tagged With: Anti-Corruption Committee, Bureau of Special Investigation, Conglomerate Asia World Company, corruption, Financial Points, Incheon Airport Consortium, International Tender Selection Process, Myanmar Government, Pioneer Aerodrome, Pioneer Aerodrome Services Consortium, Sai Mauk Kham, Sojitz Corporation Consortium, Technical Points, Tender Winner, Toyota Tsusho Corporation, Union Parliement, Vice-President, Yangon International Airport
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