THE Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has opened a case against advocate Daw Zarchi Win, Judge Daw Yi Yi Mon, and court janitor U Ye Wunna of KhinU Township for extorting money from the mother of the defendant in KhinU Court Case No. 319/17 (Forestry), Sagaing Region.

            The defendant’s mother appealed to the District Court after Daw Zarchi Win took the money and lost the trial. The ACC investigated into the matter and discovered that on the day of final hearing of KhinU Tsp Court Case No. 319/2017, charged under Section 42 (b) of The Forest Law, Daw Zarchi Win asked the defendant’s mother to pay K3,020,000 for the township judge and court staff. The ACC found that then Judge Daw Yi Yi Mon (who is currently the judge of Kyauktaga Township) abused her power after taking K2 million and passing judgement. She is charged with Section 56 of The Anti-Corruption Law. Daw Zarchi Win and U Ye Wunna are charged with Section 56/63 of the same law for aiding in extorting money from the defendant’s mother. U Ye Wunna is also charged with Section 57 of the same law for numerous instances of asking money from the defendant’s mother during the trial period in 2017. The cases have been opened in KhinU Police Station, Sagaing Region, yesterday, according to the Anti-Corruption Commission.