Union Minister U Myo Zaw Thein said that corruption can be a major obstacle to implementing a country’s comprehensive development and can be described as a “devastating disease” that destroys society. Union Minister U Myo Zaw Thein made the remarks at an awareness-raising and discussion session on anti-corruption, jointly organized by the Ministry of Cooperatives and Rural Development and the Anti-Corruption Commission, held at the ministry’s conference hall on the morning of October 2.