Office of the Chief of Military Security Affairs

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The Office of the Chief of Military Security Affairs is the Myanmar military’s principal intelligence and security agency, responsible for overseeing internal security, surveillance, and military intelligence operations.

All labels observed (3)

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf intelligence agency ⓘ
security agency ⓘ
allegedToBeInvolvedIn arbitrary arrests ⓘ
enforced disappearances ⓘ
human rights abuses ⓘ
repression of political dissent ⓘ
surveillance of journalists ⓘ
torture of detainees ⓘ
alsoKnownAs OCMSA ⓘ
country Myanmar ⓘ
describedAs principal intelligence and security agency of the Myanmar military ⓘ
focusesOn civilian population surveillance ⓘ
domestic intelligence ⓘ
ethnic insurgencies ⓘ
opposition political movements ⓘ
security threats to the regime ⓘ
hasRole counterintelligence ⓘ
internal security ⓘ
military intelligence ⓘ
political security ⓘ
regime protection ⓘ
surveillance ⓘ
jurisdiction territory of Myanmar ⓘ
languageOfWork Burmese ⓘ
notableFor central role in Myanmar’s internal security apparatus ⓘ
role in maintaining military rule in Myanmar ⓘ
operatedBy Myanmar Armed Forces ⓘ
Tatmadaw ⓘ
partOf Myanmar military ⓘ
reportsTo Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services of Myanmar ⓘ
Myanmar military leadership ⓘ
linked to: Tatmadaw
responsibleFor collection of domestic intelligence ⓘ
collection of military intelligence ⓘ
coordination of intelligence for the Tatmadaw ⓘ
interrogation of detainees ⓘ
monitoring civil society groups ⓘ
monitoring civilian politicians ⓘ
monitoring ethnic armed organizations ⓘ
overseeing internal security operations in Myanmar ⓘ
overseeing military intelligence operations ⓘ
security vetting within the armed forces ⓘ
surveillance of political opponents ⓘ
sector defence ⓘ
national security ⓘ
subsidiaryOf Myanmar Ministry of Defence ⓘ
typeOfJurisdiction military ⓘ
uses informant networks ⓘ
network of military intelligence officers ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tatmadaw → hasMilitaryIntelligence → Office of the Chief of Military Security Affairs ⓘ
Myanmar military intelligence → alsoKnownAs → Office of the Chief of Military Intelligence ⓘ
linked to: Office of the Chief of Military Security Affairs
Myanmar military intelligence → reorganizedAs → Office of Military Security Affairs ⓘ
linked to: Office of the Chief of Military Security Affairs