New rank for nine police chiefs

New appointments: Deputy Inspector-General of Police Datuk Seri Mohd Bakri Mohd Zinin (centre) witnessing the handing over of the appointment letter to the new Federal Deputy CID director (Intelligence/Operations) Datuk Mazlan Mansor (right) by Federal CID director Comm Datuk Hadi Ho Abdullah at Bukit Aman.

KUALA LUMPUR: The police chiefs of Kuala Lumpur and eight states have been promoted to the new rank of Senior Deputy Commissioner (SDCP).

Following years of proposals and planning, the Government had finally agreed to the im­­plementation of the new rank, said Inspector-Ge­­neral of Police Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar.