KUALA LUMPUR: Comm Datuk Ayob Khan Mydin Pitchay (pic) has assumed duties as Bukit Aman Narcotics Crime Investigation Department (NCID) director.
He took over from Deputy Inspector-General of Police Datuk Razarudin Husain following a handing over ceremony on the Police College, witnessed by Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Acryl Sani Abdullah Sani on Monday.
“Congratulations to Comm Ayob on helming the NCID. I am sure he will be able to strengthen the police force, especially the NCID, even further with his vast experience in policing matters.
“He will be able to overcome any challenge that comes his way,” the IGP mentioned in an announcement.
Comm Ayob Khan, 55, was beforehand the Johor police chief, a publish which he was appointed to in March final yr.
Prior to that, he was within the forefront of Bukit Aman’s efforts towards terrorism for a number of years.
Hailing from Pendang, Kedah, he had led the Bukit Aman Special Branch Counter Terrorism Division (E8) in combating terrorism.
He was instrumental within the division’s success in thwarting numerous terror plots and nabbing greater than 500 militants since February 2013.
The ceremony on the Police College additionally witnessed the awarding of Pingat Jasa Pahlawan Negara medal to 50 police personnel and officers for his or her sacrifices on combating the communist insurgency.
