Myanmar’s military-controlled Ministry of Home Affairs has cancelled plans to give partial control of five of its departments to regional and state chief ministers, following the leaking of an office memo about the change on social media, RFA reported on 27 September.
Minister of Home Affairs Kyaw Swe sent a letter in August to leaders of the country’s regional and state governments, saying that the power-sharing deal would give them control of the management of the police, Bureau of Special Investigations, Fire Service Department, Prison Department, and General Administration Department.
But following the recent posting of a leaked copy of the letter on Facebook, the ministry has issued a new memo with different wording indicating the departments will remain under its control, the report said.