Bureau of Special Investigation

Maung Maung Kyaw, Director General

Parent agencyMinistry of Home AffairsWebsitebsi.gov.mm

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.^[1] 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 —

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)^[4]

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.^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b "RESPONSES TO INFORMATION REQUESTS (RIRs)" (PDF). Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada. 25 February 2008. Retrieved 19 July 2015.
^ "အထူးစုံစမ်းစစ်ဆေးမှုအုပ်ချုပ်ရေးအဖွဲ့နှင့် အထူးစုံစမ်းစစ်ဆေးရေးဌာန အက်ဥပဒေ". Constitutional Tribunal of The Union of Myanmar. Archived from the original on 11 November 2018.
^ "Historical Background". The Republic of the Union of Myanmar: Anti-corruption Commission. Archived from the original on 6 October 2019.
^ "BSI Biography". Ministry of Home Affairs.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "Duties and Functions of The Bureau of Special Investigation". Ministry of Home Affairs.^{[permanent dead link]}

External links

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National intelligence agencies

Foreign
intelligence

A	Afghanistan: GDI Albania: SHISH Algeria: DRS Angola: SIE Argentina: AFI Armenia: NSS Austria: DSN Australia: ASIS Azerbaijan: XKX
B	Bahrain: NSA Bangladesh: NSI Belarus: KGB RB Belgium: ADIV/SGRS Bosnia and Herzegovina: OSA-OBA Botswana: DIS Brazil: ABIN Brunei: BRD Bulgaria: DAR
C	Cameroon: BMM Canada: CSIS Chad: ANS Chile: ANI China: MSS Congo (Democratic Republic of): ANR Croatia: SOA Cuba: DI Czech Republic: ÚZSI
D	Denmark: FE Djibouti: BSRG
E	Ecuador: SENAIN Egypt: Mukhabarat Estonia: EFIS Ethiopia: NISS
F	France: DGSE
G	Gambia: SIS Georgia: GIS Germany: BND Ghana: BNI, BGU, RDU Greece: EYP
H	Hungary: IH
I	India: RAW Indonesia: BIN Iran: VAJA Iraq: INIS Ireland: G2 Israel: Mossad Italy: AISE Ivory Coast: NSC
J	Japan: CIRO Jordan: GID
K	Kazakhstan: Syrbar Kenya: NIS Kyrgyzstan: UKMK Kuwait: KSS
L	Latvia: SAB Liberia: NSA Lithuania: VSD Lebanon: GDGS Libya: MJ
M	Malaysia: MEIO Mexico: CISEN Moldova: SIS Mongolia: GIA Montenegro: ANB Morocco: DGST Mozambique: SISE Republic of North Macedonia: UBK
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O	Oman: Palace Office
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T	Taiwan: NSB Tajikistan: GKNB Tanzania: TISS Thailand: NIA Togo: NIA Tunisia: TIA Turkey: MİT Turkmenistan: MNS
U	Uganda: ESO Ukraine: SZRU United Arab Emirates: SIA United Kingdom: SIS (MI6) United States: CIA Uzbekistan: SSS
V	Vietnam: TC2

Domestic
intelligence

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B	Bangladesh: SB Belarus: KGB RB Belgium: VS/SE Bosnia and Herzegovina: SIPA Botswana: DIS Brazil: PF Brunei: IRD Bulgaria: DANS Burundi: SNR
C	Canada: CSIS Chile: ANI China: MSS Colombia: DNI Congo (Democratic Republic of): ANR Croatia: SOA Czech Republic: BIS
D	Denmark: PET
E	Egypt: EHS Estonia: KAPO
F	Finland: SUPO France: DGSI
G	Georgia: SSSG Germany: BfV, LfV Ghana: GPS, CID Greece: EYP
H	Hong Kong: NSD, CPGNSO Hungary: AH
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J	Japan: NPA, TMPD PSB, PSIA
K	Kazakhstan: NSC Kenya: NIS Kosovo: AKI
L	Latvia: VDD Lithuania: STT Lebanon: ISF, LSS Luxembourg: SREL
M	Macau: DS Malaysia: SB Moldova: SIS Republic of North Macedonia: IA
N	Netherlands: NCTV New Zealand: NZSIS Nigeria: SSS North Korea: SSD Norway: PST
O	Oman: ISS
P	Pakistan: IB, FIA Palestine: PSS Paraguay: SNI Peru: DINI Philippines: NBI, NICA Poland: ABW, SOP, SM Portugal: SIS
R	Romania: SRI Russia: FSB
S	Saudi Arabia: Mabahith Serbia: BIA Singapore: ISD Somalia: NISA South Africa: SSA South Korea: Intelligence Bureau, KNPA Spain: CITCO Sri Lanka: SIS Sweden: SÄPO Switzerland: NDB Syria: GSD
T	Taiwan: MJIB Thailand: ISOC, SB Turkey: MİT, İB
U	Uganda: ISO Ukraine: SBU United Kingdom: Security Service (MI5), NDEDIU, NCA, NBIS United States: I&A, FBI Uzbekistan: SNB
V	Venezuela: SEBIN Vietnam: TC5 (vi)
Z	Zimbabwe: CIO

Military
intelligence

A	Algeria: DCSA Angola: SIM Australia: DIO Austria: HNaA
B	Bangladesh: DGFI Belarus: GRU MO RB Belgium: ADIV/SGRS Brazil: DIE
C	Canada: CFINTCOM China: CMC JSD Intelligence Bureau Congo (Democratic Republic of): DEMIAP Croatia: VSOA Cuba: DCIM Czech Republic: VZ
D	Denmark: FE
E	Egypt: DMISR
F	Finland: PE TIEDOS France: DRM, DGSE
G	Germany: MAD Ghana: MIU
H	Hungary: KNBSZ
I	Iran: General Staff, SAHEFAJA, SAHEFASA, SAHEFAVEDJA India: DMI, DIA Indonesia: BAIS TNI, Pusintelad Ireland: G2 Israel: Aman Italy: CII
J	Japan: DIH
K	Kazakhstan: NSC
L	Lithuania: AOTD
M	Republic of North Macedonia: MSSI Malaysia: DISD Maldives: MNDF Morocco: DGED Myanmar: Sa Ya Pa
N	Netherlands: MIVD New Zealand: DDIS Nigeria: DIA North Korea: RGB Norway: E-tjenesten
P	Pakistan: MI, NI, AI Philippines: ISAFP Poland: SKW, SWW Portugal: CISMIL
R	Romania: DGIA Russia: GRU
S	Saudi Arabia: AFISC Serbia: VBA, VOA Singapore: MIO Slovakia: VS Slovenia: OVS South Africa: SANDF-ID South Korea: DIA, DCC Spain: CIFAS Sri Lanka: DMI Sweden: MUST Switzerland: MND, LWND Syria: MI, AFID
T	Taiwan: MIB Thailand: AFSC Turkey: GENKUR İ.D.B.
U	Ukraine: HUR MO United Kingdom: DI United States: DIA ONI MIC USAFI
V	Venezuela: DGCIM Vietnam: TC2

Signals
intelligence

A	Australia: ASD
B	Bangladesh: NTMC Brazil: 2ª Sch/EMD
C	Canada: CSE China: SIGINT Croatia: OTC
E	Ethiopia: INSA
F	Finland: PVTIEDL France: DGSE, DRSD
G	Germany: BND Ghana: RDU
I	India: JCB,NTRO Indonesia: BSSN (id) Ireland: CIS Israel: 8200
J	Japan: DIH
K	Kazakhstan: NSC
N	Netherlands: NSO, JSCU New Zealand: GCSB North Korea: RGB Norway: NSM
P	Pakistan: JSIB Poland: AW, ABW, SKW, SWW, NCBC, gOR 3.FO, CRiWWRE, 2.ORel, 6.ORel, JW NIL
R	Romania: STS Russia: Spetssvyaz
S	Saudi Arabia: PSS South Africa: SSA Spain: CCN Sweden: FRA Switzerland: NDB Syria: MI
T	Turkey: MİT-SİB
U	UAE: SIA Ukraine: Derzhspetszviazok United Kingdom: GCHQ United States: NSA