KUALA LUMPUR: Former Inspector-General of Police, the late Tun Mohammed Hanif Omar, who led the Royal Malaysia Police for two decades from June 1974, played a pivotal role in establishing Malaysia’s premier anti-terrorism unit, the Special Action Unit (UTK).
Former UTK commander Datuk Meor Chek Hussien Mahayuddin praised Hanif’s foresight in creating the unit in 1975.
