Saturday, September 11, 2021

Former CID chief Zaman Khan dies



Former CID chief Zaman Khan dies


Zaman Khan had an illustrious career as CID chief and held several other important posts. (Bernama pic)

PETALING JAYA: Former criminal investigation department director at Bukit Aman Zaman Khan died at 10.15am today. He was 80.

It is understood that his remains will be taken to the Bukit Aman mosque for the final rites and prayers before burial at the Bukit Kiara Muslim Cemetery following afternoon prayers today.

His death was confirmed by former inspector-general of police Hanif Omar.

Zaman Khan had an illustrious police career for 35 years. He joined the police force in 1962, rising to become the prison department’s director-general before retiring in 1997.

He has handled some of the most high-profile cases in the history of crime in Malaysia.

Some notable cases include the Japanese Red Army hostage situation in Kuala Lumpur, shootouts with notorious robbery gang chief Botak Chin (Wong Swee Chin), the Highland Towers tragedy, taking down Bentong Kali (P Kalimuthu) and crippling a ring of secret societies in the 1970s.

He also handled the mysterious disappearance and gruesome murder of Batu Talam assemblyman Mazlan Idris by Mona Fandey (Maznah Ismail), her husband Mohd Affandi Abdul Rahman and their assistant Juraimi Husin in 1993.

Along the way, he served as the police chief for Penang and Kuala Lumpur. From 1989 to 1993, he held the hot seat of federal police CID director.

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kt notes:

Zaman Khan was, in my Uncles' days, a very high profile, very flamboyant senior police office who everyone believed was destined to become IGP. Alas, along the way, he must have offended some BIG shot whence then we saw him transferred sideways to the Prison Department.

Zaman even revealed that once, after he was recommended for a Datukship, he learnt the recommendations was withdrawn just a day before the royal award. He admitted he shed some tears on learning that. Indeed he was not only a high profile senior police officer but had suffered quite bad feng shui in his career which ended with the prison department.

Al Fatihah Zaman Khan.


 


3 comments:

  1. "bad feng shui in his career which ended with the prison department."

    The Prisons Department should not be considered or treated as a dumping ground.

    There is a crying need for Malaysian prisons to be run professionally and with integrity.
    A lot of shit is occurring in Malaysian prisons, aided and abetted by officials of all ranks from the most junior to the most senior.

    For example, Malaysian prisons budget for prisoners food supposedly meets international standards... but the reality is the actual food in prisons is atrociously bad.

    Somewhere along the way, much of the money has "evaporated".

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  2. He was a collateral damage in a turf war between two bull elephant of his time.

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  3. You see, this is what happens when a civil servant does not do it "The UMNO Way". He gets side-lined. To be successful in civil service you must Bodek and Suck Up to UMNO. That has been the way for 60 Years.

    What Tommy Thomas said Is 100% KOREK.

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