June 4, 2026
YANGON – The Ministry of Home Affairs submitted a bill to the National Assembly today (June 3) to combat online fraud, which could carry a sentence of life imprisonment and even the death penalty if it results in death.
The bill was submitted by Union Minister for Home Affairs, Lieutenant General Nyunt Win Swe.
This law was drafted by the Ministry of Home Affairs with the aim of preventing online fraud from taking root in the country, coordinating with domestic forces as well as foreign governments, preventing illegal entry into the country through border areas and committing online fraud crimes that threaten the sovereignty and peace of the country, and eradicating and taking action against online fraud crimes, Union Minister for Home Affairs, Lieutenant General Nyunt Win Swe, said in submitting the bill.
“The draft law on combating online fraud has comprehensively drafted the provisions of the Online Fraud Supervision Committee, Regional Committee and Anti-Scam Center to effectively take action against online fraud, prevention, information exchange, temporary suspension of money flow and taking action, and international cooperation to effectively take action against online fraud,” said Union Minister for Home Affairs, Lt. Gen. Nyunt Win Swe, when submitting the bill.
The bill aims to establish a system for exchanging information between banks and financial institutions, telecommunications service providers, and relevant government departments and organizations, to screen and detain foreigners illegally present in places where online fraud is committed, and to seize and manage movable and immovable property used in committing online fraud, as well as the profits obtained from committing online fraud, the purpose section of the bill states.
The Central Committee for the Supervision of Online Fraud Prevention will be chaired by the Union Minister of the Ministry of Home Affairs, with the Minister of Foreign Affairs as Vice Chairman (1) and the Union Minister of Immigration and Population as Vice Chairman (2), and the members will include the Chairman of the Nay Pyi Taw Council, the Chief Ministers of the Region and State Governments, the Chairman of the Central Bank of Myanmar, the Commanders of the relevant Military Commands, the Deputy Ministers of the Ministry of Transport, the Ministry of Digital Development and Communications, the Ministry of Defense, the Ministry of Home Affairs, the Ministry of Border Affairs, the Ministry of Information, and the Ministry of Immigration and Population, the Deputy Minister and Deputy Attorney General of the Ministry of Legal Affairs, the Deputy Chief Military Security Officer of the Tatmadaw, the Head of the Department of Communication and Information Technology, the Myanmar Police Force Headquarters, the Ministry of Home Affairs, the Director of the Crime Department/Crime and Legal Affairs Department, the Myanmar Police Force Headquarters, the Ministry of Home Affairs, the Head of the Technology Department, the Myanmar Police Force Headquarters, the Ministry of Home Affairs, the Bill states.
Chapter (11) of the bill, Prohibitions, consists of Sections 31 to 50, which contain prohibitions regarding online fraud, as well as prohibitions that banks and financial institutions must comply with.
Chapter (12) Penalties, Section 51 states that if any person is convicted of violating any of the prohibitions in Section 31, Section 34, Section 35 or Section 49, he shall be sentenced to imprisonment for a term not less than one year but not more than three years and may also be fined not less than one hundred thousand kyats but not more than five hundred thousand kyats.
Section 52 states that anyone who is convicted of violating any of the prohibitions under Section 32, Section 33, Section 36, Section 37, Section 38, Section 39, Section 40, Section 41, Section 42 or Section 43 shall be punished with imprisonment for a term not less than three years and not more than seven years, and may also be fined not less than five hundred thousand kyats and not more than one thousand kyats.
Section 53 states that anyone who is convicted of violating any of the prohibitions under Sections 44, 45, 46 or 48 shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to
Section 54 states that whoever is convicted of violating the prohibition in section 47 shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to
Section 55 states that if any person is convicted of violating any of the prohibitions in section 50, he shall be punished with the punishment prescribed for the relevant offence.
Section 56 provides that when a court convicts a person of any offence under this Act, it shall make the following orders: (a) destruction of evidence used in the commission of the offence; (b) return of any property relating to the offence to the person entitled to public funds or otherwise manage it; (c) confiscation of any money or property obtained from the offence as public funds, return of such money or property to the person entitled to it or manage it in accordance with the provisions.