Bureau of Special Investigation

The Bureau of Special Investigation (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). 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". 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 —


 * 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
 * 2) *Administration Division
 * 3) **Administration
 * 4) **Account
 * 5) **Training
 * 6) *Law & Prosecution Division
 * 7) **Law
 * 8) **Prosecution
 * 9) *Information Technology Division
 * 10) **Information Network
 * 11) **Cyber Crime
 * 12) *Investigation & Financial Division
 * 13) **Investigation
 * 14) **Financial
 * 15) **International Affair
 * 16) *Crime Division
 * 17) **Upper Myanmar
 * 18) **Lower Myanmar
 * 19) *Inspection Division
 * 20) **Inspection
 * 21) **Complain
 * 22) **Record
 * 23) *Regions and States (14)
 * 24) *Nay Pyi Taw (Union Territory)(1)

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.