KOTA KINABALU, April 28 – Datuk Awang Sahari EM Nadzeer, Bukit Aman Narcotics Crime Investigation Department deputy director in charge of forfeiture of property, detention and legal affairs has been appointed Sabah Deputy Police Commissioner to succeed Abdul Malek Harun effective Tuesday.
Sahari, 59, had served as a member of the Royal Malaysian Police for 37 years with 30 years experience in the special branch and seven years in commercial trade crime. The former Kuala Lumpur and Sabah Special Branch head hails from Kampung Brunei, Membakut, Sabah.
He took over the appointment from Sabah CID chief, Datuk Sallehhudin Abd Rahman who had earlier held the post after Abdul Malek’s compulsory retirement, in a ceremony witnessed by Sabah Commissioner of Police Datuk Jalaluddin Abdul Rahman here.
