Myanmar: Thein Sein Rails Against Corruption and Global Warming

Jun 6, 2014 | Eleven
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Corruption is more likely to destabilise Myanmar’s development than terrorism, President Thein Sein told a gathering in Nay Pyi Taw to mark World Environmental Day yesterday.The former general said the government is trying to reduce the poverty rate from 26 to 16 percent and is encouraging literacy projects nation-wide to help accomplish this. It also formed an anti-corruption committee last year to help stamp out graft, he said, adding that corruption was a cause of environmental degradation.  Thein Sien used the occasion to tout the necessity of “green development” and his government’s commitment to environmentally sustainable development. With overall investment in the economy expanding and investment in industry rising in particular, the president said green development was imperative.