"Myanmar's ruling party led by State Counselor Aung San Suu Kyi faces struggles on many sides as next year's general election looms, including corruption scandals that have undermined the party's pledge to clean up the government. "Suu Kyi is furious about the consecutive cases of corruption among government leaders," a government source said recently. In July, Industry Minister Khin Maung Cho stepped down after accusations of inappropriately handling procurement procedures. He reportedly failed to invite tenders when a state-owned pharmaceutical company under the ministry sought raw materials. This followed the resignation of Planning and Finance Minister Kyaw Win, a close aide to Suu Kyi, in May 2018 after authorities launched a graft investigation against him. Also this year, investigators initiated a corruption probe in the Ministry of Electricity and Energy. "I'm sure there are countless other cases of corruption that have yet to surface," said Yan Myo Thein, a political analyst based in Yangon. The scandals are a blow to the governing National League for Democracy, which won a landslide in the 2015 election vowing to eradicate the corruption of the former junta..."