Anti-Corruption Commission chair U Aung Kyi speaks to Frontier about catching “big fish” and the difficulty of persuading the powerful that “Myanmar needs to change”.
Officials on the take have long been a scourge in Myanmar. There’s anecdotal evidence that since the 2021 military coup, demands by police, soldiers and civil servants for bribes, tea money and kickbacks have become even more blatant. Doh Athan explores the impact of corruption in Ayeyarwady Region.
BY Frontier