Military intelligence of Myanmar

Office of the Chief of Military Security Affairs (MSA) စစ်ဘက်ရေးရာ လုံခြုံရေးအရာရှိချုပ်ရုံး (စရခ), commonly referred to by its Burmese acronym Sa Ya Pa (Sa Aa Pa in S'gaw Karen), is the office of the Myanmar armed forces tasked with intelligence gathering. It was created to replace the Military Intelligence Service, which was disbanded as its chief Khin Nyunt fell from favour in 2004. The office is charged with handling political issues, and had played a central role in monitoring the 2007 popular protests in Myanmar; coordinating widespread arrests of protesters and their interrogation. Human Rights Watch reported that as part of its interrogation process, MSA uses sleep deprivation and condones the beating and kicking of detainees until they are unconscious. As of September 2014, MSA is headed by former army chief of staff Lieutenant General Mya Tun Oo.

Chiefs

Office Name	Head	Term
Directorate of Military Intelligence	Colonel Lwin	1959–1969
Directorate of Military Intelligence	Colonel Chit Khin	1969–1972
Directorate of Military Intelligence	Brigadier General Tin Oo	1972–1978
Directorate of Military Intelligence	Colonel Aung Htay	1978–1980
Directorate of Military Intelligence	Colonel Myo Aung	1980–1982
Directorate of Military Intelligence	Colonel Kan Nyunt	1982–1983
Directorate of Military Intelligence	Colonel Aung Koe	1983
Directorate of Defence Service Intelligence	Lieutenant General Khin Nyunt	1984–2004
Chief of Military Security Affairs	Lieutenant General Myint Swe	2004–2005
Chief of Military Security Affairs	Lieutenant General Ye Myint	2005–2010
Chief of Military Security Affairs	Lieutenant General Kyaw Swe	2010–2014
Chief of Military Security Affairs	Lieutenant General Mya Tun Oo	2014–present