Formation of the Bureau

After the Second World War, the civil administration system in Myanmar was at its early stage and was too weak to control the war-torn country. There often occurred losses of public properties due to corruption of public servants and economic malpractices of people. In such situation, the National Leader General Aung San altogether with other State Leaders drew up the “Sorrento Villa Plan” for the sake of the future country. According to the project, for the lowering of commodity prices, prevention against losses of government properties and public coffers was much an important matter, it was convinced.