Summary
  • AKPS director-general Mohd Shuhaily Mohd Zain returned to police force.
  • Decision follows assault charges involving two policemen at KLIA.
  • Home Ministry says replacement will also come from police force.

PUTRAJAYA, October 30 — Malaysian Border Control and Protection Agency (AKPS) director-general Mohd Shuhaily Mohd Zain is being returned to the Royal Malaysia Police.

Following a decision made last week. Home Minister Saifuddin Nasution Ismail confirmed the move, saying Shuhaily’s secondment to the border agency would end.

Shuhaily was charged on October 21 with allegedly assaulting two policemen at Kuala Lumpur International Airport. His next posting has not been announced.

While the Home Ministry plans to appoint another police officer to lead AKPS.