FORMER IGP TUN HANIF OMAR DIES


KUALA LUMPUR, Former inspector general of police (IGP) Tun Mohammed Hanif Omar died at 2.15 am today. He was 85.

News of Mohammed Hanif’s passing was shared by his son Abdul Rahmat Omar through a brief statement.

Abdul Rahmat said his father’s remains will be taken to the Al-Ikhlas Mosque in Section 13, Shah Alam, Selangor, and later to Bukit Aman Mosque for funeral prayers, before being laid to rest at Bukit Kiara Muslim Cemetery, Damansara.

Tun Mohammed Hanif, who was born on January 16, 1939 in Teluk Intan, was Malaysia’s fourth and longest-serving Inspector General of Police, which was 20 years.

Source: BERNAMA News Agency