Razarudin will serve as deputy IGP until 2025

KUALA LUMPUR: Tan Sri Razarudin Husain will continue to serve as Deputy Inspector General of Police for another two years.

Home Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail said Razarudin, who was scheduled to retire on March 15, would serve on a contractual basis until March 15, 2025.

He said that the Yang di-Pertuan Agong had consented to the appointment.

“Under Clauses 4 and 5 of Article 140 of the Federal Constitution, the Yang di-Pertuan Agong with the advice of the Prime Minister has approved the appointment on a contractual basis,” Saifuddin said in a statement.

Razarudin, 60, was born on March 15, 1963 in Dengkil, Selangor.

He graduated with a Master’s degree in Social Science in Policing Studies from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia and held various positions at the State and Contingent levels.

Razarudin began his career in 1984 as an investigating officer attached to the Kedah criminal investigations department and continued to serve the department until 1996 with the rank of Asst Supt (ASP) in Muar, Johor.

He was later appointed as an Administrative ASP at the Muar police headquarters and was subsequently appointed as head of the management division in the same district in 1997.

In 1998, he returned to work in CID as a senior investigating officer in Muar before moving to serve the Johor police contingent, also in the same department.

Razarudin had also served in Sabah before returning to Bukit Aman where he was attached to the special operations D8 unit with the rank of Supt.

Upon completing his Master’s degree, he was promoted to Asst Comm (ACP) and served the Bukit Aman CID D9 as assistant director.

His other portfolios also include deputy commander of the Special Task Force On Organised Crime (STAFFOC), CID chief of the Penang police contingent, deputy police commissioner of Sabah and as Perak deputy police chief before he was promoted to lead the police force in the state.

In September 2020, Razarudin was appointed as the director of Bukit Aman narcotics criminal investigations department.