The Myanmar government has allowed the country's people to make complaints of malpractice by service personnel of any rank of the Ministry of Home Affairs in a bid to remove such practice and improve the image of the government mechanism.

The phone numbers of some high-ranking officials of the ministry and the e-mail address of the office of the ministry at the new capital of Nay Pyi Taw were published by the official newspaper New Light of Myanmar Thursday for the public to dial or e-mail such complaints which must be true.

"If any service personnel of any rank who are from the Ministry of Home Affairs commit malpractices involving money, property and opportunity and oppress the people in administrative and economic and social affairs, making improper use of the rights which are not in conformity with the existing laws and procedures can complain to the minister, deputy minister and deputy director- general," the newspaper said.

Investigation will be made by the inspection team formed by the minister's office, the paper said, assuring that it will not cause people's grievance.

It is the first time that the ruling government introduces such measure aimed at eliminating malpractice within the government mechanism.

Source: Xinhua