The president has nominated the region's minister of natural resources and environmental conservation to replace Daw Lei Lei Maw, who was arrested on corruption charges.

U Thaung Aye told Parliament that a committee now discussing potential amendments to the Constitution should be abolished because it was in violation of the law.

Investigations show the chief minister allowed a budget of $263,000 for the removal of bushes outside the airport and a number of other incidents of corruption since April 2016.