THE Anti-Corruption Commission has filed corruption charges against two police officers after its investigation team found them guilty of accepting K2.6 million in bribe to grant the bail of two detainees and releasing them.
The Anti-Corruption Commission had received a complaint against a police inspector and a sub-inspector with the No.3 Local Police Station in Chanayethazan Township for taking bribes from two detainees.
According to the complaint, the two police officers demanded a bribe of K150000 from a suspect arrested under Section 420 of the Penal Code, and K2.5 million from a suspect charged under Section 66 (c) of the Communications Law.
Following the complaint, an investigation team formed by the Anti-Corruption Commission launched a probe.
In a press release, the Anti-Corruption Commission stated the investigation team found that Sub-Police Inspector Kyaw Naing Oo had accepted three envelopes containing K50,000 from the first detainee as “pocket money” for an inspector, the head of the police station, and the head of the township police force.
The team also found that the Police Inspector had received K2.5 million from the second detainee, arrested for violating the Communications Law, to process his bail order and had demanded another K10 million for closing the case.
The Anti-Corruption Commission stated the two police officers were found to have abused their authority by taking the bribes.
Cases have been registered against the two police officers under Section 56 of the Anti-Corruption Law at the No. 3 Local Police Station in Chanayethazan Township.— MNA (Translated by Kaw Zin Lin)
