IPOH: Senior Asst Comm Mohammad Azlin Sadari, 52, has been appointed Perak deputy police chief effective Thursday (June 19).
The Alor Pongsu-born is taking over the post from DCP Zulkafli Sariaat, who will go on mandatory retirement on June 23.
Mohammad Azlin was the Bukit Aman Internal Security and Public Order Department deputy director for Internal Security and Public Order (Wildlife Crime Bureau).
The handover ceremony was held at the Senior Police Officers' Mess on Jalan Sultan Azlan Shah here, witnessed by Perak police chief Datuk Noor Hisam Noordin.
Born in Teluk Intan on 23 June 1965, Zulkifli joined the PDRM on Jan 15, 1986 when he was 21 years old.
On July 16 last year, Zulkafli was appointed as the acting Perak Police Chief following the retirement of Datuk Pahlawan Azizi Mat Aris.
"I would like to take this opportunity to express my heartfelt appreciation and gratitude to DCP Zulkafli for his dedicated service during his tenure as the deputy police chief of Perak.
"I would also like to extend my congratulations to DCP Mohammad Azlin on his promotion to Deputy Commissioner of Police. Welcome to the Perak contingent and I wish you all the best in your new role as the Deputy Chief of Perak Police," said Noor Hisam in his speech on Thursday.
