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Acryl Sani bin Haji Abdullah Sani ( Jawi: اقر الثاني عبدﷲ ثاني; born 3 October 1961) is a

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police officer A police officer (also called a policeman and, less commonly, a policewoman) is a warranted law employee of a police force. In most countries, "police officer" is a generic term not specifying a particular rank. In some, the use of the ...

who has served as the 13th

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(IGP) since May 2021. He served as the

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(DIG) from August 2020 to his promotion to IGP in May 2021.

Education

Acryl Sani graduated from

Universiti Teknologi Malaysia , image_name = UTM-LOGO.png , image_size = , caption = Seal , latin_name = , motto = Kerana Tuhan Untuk Manusia , mottoeng = In the Name of God for Mankind , established = , closed = , type = Public research university , affiliatio ...

with a

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degree in civil engineering. He also obtained a Master of Science degree in management from the

Universiti Utara Malaysia Universiti Utara Malaysia (literally meaning Northern University of Malaysia, abbreviated as UUM) is a management university established on 16 February 1984 under the Universiti Utara Malaysia 1984 Order. It has a main campus in Sintok, Kedah ...

Career

Acryl Sani joined the

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on 2 February 1986 as a Cadet Assistant Superintendent. Since then, he has held various positions in the police force, including Director of Internal Security and Public Order Department, Director of Commercial Criminal Investigation Department, Department of Strategic Resources and Technology Department and

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Police Commissioner.

Deputy Inspector-General of Police

Acryl Sani rose to the rank of DIG on 14 August 2020 and has taken the office of DIG from the retiring Mazlan Mansor.

Inspector-General of Police

Minister of Home Affairs An interior minister (sometimes called a minister of internal affairs or minister of home affairs) is a cabinet official position that is responsible for internal affairs, such as public security, civil registration and identification, emergency ...

Hamzah Zainudin Dato' Seri Hamzah bin Zainudin ( ms, حمزة بن زين الدين, label= Jawi, script=arab, italic=unset; born 12 March 1957) is a Malaysian politician who has served as the 17th Leader of the Opposition since December 2022 and the Membe ...

announced on 30 April 2021 that Acryl Sani will replace the retiring

Abdul Hamid Bador Abdul Hamid bin Bador ( Jawi: عبد الحميد بن بادر; born 7 August 1958) is a former Malaysian police officer who served as the 12th Inspector-General of Police (IGP) from May 2019 to May 2021. He was the Acting Deputy Inspector-Ge ...

as the 13th and new IGP with effect on 4 May 2021 after the contract of Abdul Hamid ends on 3 May 2021 and presented him the appointment document. On 3 May 2021, the handing-over ceremony of IGP was held and the powers of IGP were officially transitioned to Acryl Sani and marked the end of IGP term of Abdul Hamid, he also pledged to announce the new directions of PDRM in future and to do his best in this most important appointment. On 6 May 2021, Acryl Sani held a press conference at

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to announce the identifications of the candidates of his deputy, the new Deputy Inspector-General of Police and claimed that he would discuss list of candidates and appointments of several Bukit Aman department directors to replace the incumbent directors who are scheduled to retire between May and September 2021 with Hamzah and Secretary-General of the

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(KDN) before shortlisted names are referred to the Police Force Commission (SPP). The announcement of the appointments of new Deputy IGP and several Bukit Aman department director will be made after

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Honours

Acryl Sani was bestowed with the following honours: * : ** Kesatria Mangku Negara

Officer of the

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(KMN) (1999) ** MY Darjah Jasa Negara - Order of Meritorious Service - PJN

Commander of the

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(PJN) – Datuk (2019) ** Commander of the

(PMN) – Tan Sri (2021) *

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: **

Loyal Commander of The Most Gallant Police Order (PSPP) (2011) ** Pingat Gagah Berani Pasukan Polis

Courageous Commander of The Most Gallant Police Order (PGPP) (2016) * : ** MY-PAH Order of the Crown of Pahang - Knight Companion - DIMP

Knight Companion of the

Order of the Crown of Pahang The Esteemed Order of the Crown of Pahang ( Malay: '' Darjah Kebesaran Mahkota Pahang Yang Amat Mulia'') is a knighthood order of the Sultanate of Pahang. History The order was founded by Sultan Abu Bakar on 27 December 1968. It is awarded ...

(DIMP) – Dato' (2006) ** MY-PAH Order of Sultan Ahmad Shah of Pahang - Grand Knight - SSAP

Grand Knight of the

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(SSAP) – Dato' Sri (2016) * : ** MY-PERA Order of Taming Sari - lower classes

Knight Commander of the

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(DPTS) – Dato’ Pahlawan (2015) ** Seri_Panglima_Taming_Sari_2020

Knight Grand Commander of the

(SPTS) – Dato’ Seri Panglima (2020) * : ** MY-PEN Order of the Defender of State - Knight Commander - DPPN

Knight Commander of the

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(DPPN) – Dato’ Seri (2020) * : ** MY-MAL Exalted Order of Malacca

Grand Commander of the

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(DGSM) – Datuk Seri (2021)

References

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