The intelligence man


WHILE most Malaysians would recognise Tan Sri Abdul Rahim Mohd Noor’s contributions as the fifth Inspector-General of Police in the 1990s, some could say his greatest contributions were made when he was the Special Branch (SB) director.

He was promoted as the SB director in January 1986, at a time when Malaysia was still finding ways to defeat the Communist Party of Malaya (CPM) which had retreated to Southern Thailand.

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