KUALA LUMPUR - Former inspector-general of police (IGP) Tun Mohammed Hanif Omar died at the age of 85, this morning.
The matter was informed by his son Captain Abdul Rahmat Omar Mohammed Hanif through WhatsApp.
It is understood that Hanif breathed his last at about 2.25am, today.
Rahmat said his father’s remains will be brought to their home in Seksyen 13, Shah Alam at 10am for the public to pay their last respects.
Funeral prayers would be performed at the Al-Iklas mosque in Shah Alam.
Born on Jan 16, 1939, Hanif served as the fourth IGP and held the position for a record 20 years, making him the longest-serving IGP in the country's history.
He succeeded Tan Sri Abdul Rahman Hashim who was assassinated in a communist attack.
Hanif was born in Teluk Intan, Perak and became the Melaka police chief on Sept 7, 1970 and then served as the Selangor police chief on Dec 6, 1971.
On Feb 1, 1973, he held the deputy IGP position before he was appointed as IGP on June 8, 1974 until Jan 15, 1994.
After his retirement, Hanif was appointed as a member of the Royal Commission to Enhance the Operation and Management of the Police from 2004 to 2005.
He was then appointed as a member of a special investigation panel in 2010 in the case of 14-year-old student Aminulrasyid Amzah who was fatally shot by the police while speeding away because he was driving without a license near his home in Shah Alam.
Hanif was also the patron of Yayasan Pengaman Malaysia and chairman of the Independent Advisory Panel for the Bersih 3.0 rally. - AWANI