Myanmar’s junta has dismissed its home affairs minister, Lt-Gen Tun Tun Naung, under corruption charges, despite the regime’s previous claims that he had merely been reshuffled back to a military post, according to sources close to senior military officials.
The dismissal followed a complaint lodged by the Chinese government over Myanmar-based online scam operations, which prompted an internal investigation by the Office of the Chief of Military Security Affairs, the sources said.
That probe uncovered evidence of bribery, leading the Office of the Commander-in-Chief to issue a disciplinary order in recent days condemning Tun Tun Naung and removing him from office.
The order stripped him of his position without pension benefits, a senior source told Myanmar Now.
“He will not receive a pension. In some cases, such orders result only in dismissal, while in others they lead to prison sentences,” the source said. “Given. . .
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