Mohammed Hanif Omar | |
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محمد حنيف عمر | |
4th Inspector-General of Police (Malaysia) | |
In office 8 June 1974 – 15 January 1994 | |
Monarchs | Abdul Halim Yahya Petra Ahmad Shah Iskandar Azlan Shah |
Minister | Ghazali Shafie Musa Hitam Mahathir Mohamad |
Preceded by | Abdul Rahman Hashim |
Succeeded by | Abdul Rahim Mohd Noor |
Personal details | |
Born | Teluk Intan, Perak, Federated Malay States, British Malaya (now Malaysia) | 16 January 1939
Spouse | Hamidah Abdul Hamid |
Children | 5 |
Alma mater | University of Buckingham University of Malaya, Singapore |
Tun Mohammed Hanif bin Omar (Jawi: محمد حنيف بن عمر; born 16 January 1939)[1] is a retired Malaysian police officer who served as the 4th Inspector-General of Royal Malaysia Police from June 1974 to January 1994. He was the longest-serving Inspector General of Police for 20 years.
Born in Teluk Intan, Perak, Hanif Omar became the Malacca Police Chief on 7 September 1970 and later the Selangor Police Chief on 6 December 1971. He was appointed as the Deputy Inspector General of Police on 1 February 1973.
During his tenure as Inspector General of Police, he founded the elite counter terrorist unit, Special Actions Unit on 1 January 1975. He also take part command rescue operation in the 1975 AIA building hostage crisis in August 1975. In addition, he also renamed Bluff Road Police Station to Royal Malaysia Police Headquarters, Bukit Aman on 25 March 1975. On 8 June 1976, Hanif announced all police recruit will be served in Police Field Force before being assigned to other unit, this was ensure that all young policemen will be able tackle any emergency situation once they equipped with jungle training.[2]