PJ gets new deputy police chief

Over to you: Outgoing DSP Prabakaran (right) handing over his duties to Supt. Mohd Ali (left) at the Petaling Jaya district police headquarters as ACP Azmi (centre) looks on. — RAJA FAISAL HISHAN/The Star.

AFTER spending more than a decade with the Special Action Unit (UTK), Supt Mohd Ali Thamby is excited to begin his tenure as the new Petaling Jaya deputy police chief.

The 48-year-old former deputy UTK commander of operations took over from acting deputy chief ASP Mohamad Sukardy Rangkut at the district police headquarters.