Former KL police chief Henry Chin dies after stroke

PETALING JAYA: Former Kuala Lumpur police chief Tan Sri Henry Chin Poy Wu (pic), 79, died Sunday after a stroke two days ago.

Chin had flown in on Friday from Kota Kinabalu, where he stayed with his wife and two children, to attend a board meeting.

He was admitted to University Malaya Medical Centre (UMMC) when he had the stroke.

Chin leaves behind wife Puan Sri Shirley Cheng Hua Chien, 72, and two children, Alex and Melissa.

Melissa, 31, said her father died in hospital at about 6am after being in coma for two nights.

She said she flew in from Kota Kinabalu with her mother and brother on Saturday morning and they were at Chin’s side when he died.

She said the family will fly back to Sabah with Chin’s body on Monday afternoon.

Henry served for 38 years in the police force before retiring in 1993.

He was a member of the Malaysian Crime Prevention Foundation as well as the Royal Commission of Inquiry (RCI) on illegal immigrants in Sabah.

He was also a member of the Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) board of directors.