Myanmar Labor Attaché in Thailand Charged with Corruption

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"Myanmar labor attaché U San Maung Oo, who represented migrants in Thailand, has been charged by the Anti-Corruption Commission of Myanmar (ACC) over claims he took thousands of bribes. The labor attaché has been accused of asking for about 4.4 million Thai baht (US$144,000, 220.16 million kyats) from 28 overseas employment agencies in exchange for approving labor demand letters and for sending workers to recruitment agencies. The ACC said it interviewed witnesses and studied documents and bank accounts in Myanmar and Thailand. U San Maung Oo was found to have abused his power and asked for bribes from recruitment agencies, said the ACC. He worked at the labor office in Bangkok from December 2017 until August this year. The ACC also said U San Maung Oo collected 100 baht from agencies for each worker and also took bribes from the employment agencies through his assistants, U Than Htike Soe and U Saw Pyae Nyein..."

Creator/author: 

Zaw Zaw Htwe

Source/publisher: 

"The Irrawaddy" (Thailand)

Date of Publication: 

2019-11-07

Date of entry: 

2019-11-12

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  • Individual Documents

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Countries: 

Myanmar, Thailand

Language: 

English

Resource Type: 

text

Text quality: 

    • Good