In 1872 the third mayor of Mergui District, Sir Ashly Din (1870–1875) assigned the first police officer to be stationed at Maliwan, a village 24 miles north of current Victoria Point.

Despite controversies and corruption accusations, the Burmese police and the Home Affairs Ministry play an important role in the country, solving numerous crimes.

Bachelor's degree holders from Distance Learning University were disqualified from sitting the SIP exam.

It is necessary to prevent from destruction and harassment, VIP and project factories and workshops, security of diplomats and their embassies.

Seven of these Police Battalions are situated in the Yangon Divisional areas and two in Mandalay and three in Arakan, one in Sagaing, one in Mon State, one in Pegu, one in Prome.

These specially-trained and combat capable battalions are formed with personnel from former Riot Security Police, better known as "Lon Htein" Units.

[1] 26 special anti-narcotic task forces have been established under the direction of the Central Committee for Drug Abuse Control.