Major reshuffle of police top brass
> Transfers, promotions of 74 senior cops announced by IGP
KUALA LUMPUR: A major reshuffle involving the transfers and promotions of 74 senior police officers, including state and department heads, was announced yesterday by Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar.
Heading the list was police administration department director Comm Datuk Zulkifli Abdullah, who will take over as the new director of the internal security and public order department following the retirement of Comm Datuk Seri Muhammad Sabtu Osman last month.
With the retirement of narcotics crime investigation department (NCID) director Comm Datuk Seri Mohd Mokhtar Mohd Shariff next month, CID director Comm Datuk Seri Mohmad Salleh will assume the post of NCID director.
Johor police chief Comm Datuk Wan Ahmad Najmuddin Mohd will be the new CID chief, and will be replaced by police secretary DCP Datuk Mohd Khalil Kader Mohd, who reports for duty in the state next month.
Sarawak police commissioner Datuk Mazlan Mansor, who had served as Petaling Jaya police chief and Selangor CID chief, will return to Selangor to assume the post of state police chief when current police chief Datuk Abdul Samah Mat retires this month.
Deputy director of the internal security and public order department DCP Datuk Amer Awal will take over as the new Sarawak police commissioner.
Director of the integrity and standard compliance department (JIPS) Comm Datuk Abdul Ghafar Rajab will assume duties as the new head of the police administration department.
JIPS deputy director Datuk Noor Azam Jamaludin moves out of the federal police headquarters to succeed Negri Sembilan police chief DCP Datuk Jaafar Mohd Yusof, who retires this month.
Several district police chiefs in the Klang Valley were also among those who were promoted and listed in the transfer order.