Saturday May 11, 2013
Ismail set to retire next week
By AUSTIN CAMOENS
austin@thestar.com.my
PETALING JAYA: Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Ismail Omar (pic) is set to retire in the middle of this month after serving for more than two years as the country's top cop.
His deputy Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar will take over on May 17 said Assistant Head of the IGP secretariat Asst Comm Ramli Mohamed Yoosuff.
“Some individuals have been spreading false information on Facebook and blogs that Ismail was pressured to resign by a political party.
“These allegations are baseless and irresponsible,” he said reminding the public that action could be taken against these individuals under Section 233 of the Communica-tion and Multimedia Act and Section 4(1) of Sedition Act and Section 500 of the Penal Code.
Ismail who turns 60 on May 17 is the country's ninth Inspector-General of Police.
He assumed the post following Tan Sri Musa Hassan's retirement on Sept 12, 2010.
Ismail started as a trainee police inspector at the Kuala Kubu Baru Police Academy in 1971 and is known by his personnel to be a strict and a highly disciplined police officer.
Khalid, 56, was promoted to the Deputy Inspector General of Police post on April 14, 2011 following the retirement of his predecessor, Tan Sri Hussin Ismail.
The father of three was the Internal Security and Public Order director at that time.
He joined the police force in 1976 as an inspector and worked his way up the ranks.
His commitment and dedication saw him promoted several times, most notably while serving in the anti-narcotics and criminal investigation departments.
In 1997, he headed the Kedah anti-narcotics department and became Negri Sembilan's police chief with the rank of Senior Assistant Commissioner I in 2005.
In 2007, he was promoted to the rank of deputy commissioner and became the deputy CID director before being sent to Selangor as the chief police officer.
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